My Name is Barbara

"My Name is Barbara" is the first song in Bernstein's cycle I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid Songs.

Date: 1943Composer: Leonard BernsteinText: Leonard BernsteinSong Collection: I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid Songs

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My Name is Barbara
by Leonard Bernstein

My mother says that babies come in bottles; but last week she said they grew on special baby-bushes. I don’t believe in the storks, either! They’re all in the zoo, busy with their own babies! And what’s a baby-bush, anyway!? My name is Barbara.

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Bernstein: Art Songs and Arias High Voice

Composer(s): Leonard Bernstein

Song(s): 1. My Name is Barbara
2. Jupiter Has Seven Moons
3. I Hate Music!
4. A Big Indian and A Little Indian
5. I'm a Person Too

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Bernstein: Art Songs and Arias Medium/Low Voice

Composer(s): Leonard Bernstein

Song(s): 1. My Name is Barbara
2. Jupiter Has Seven Moons
3. I Hate Music!
4. A Big Indian and A Little Indian
5. I'm a Person Too

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