Poor Butterfly
Song by Sophie Bernard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the 1986 Argentine film, see Poor Butterfly (film).
"Poor Butterfly" is a popular song. It was inspired by Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly and contains a brief musical quote from the Act two duet Tutti i fior in the verse.
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"Poor Butterfly" | |
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Song by Sophie Bernard | |
Published | 1916 |
Genre | Popular music |
Composer(s) | Raymond Hubbell |
Lyricist(s) | John Golden |
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The music was written by Raymond Hubbell, the lyrics by John L. Golden. The song was published in 1916. It was introduced in the Broadway show The Big Show, which opened in August 1916 at the New York Hippodrome, and was sung in the show by Sophie Bernard.[1]
The song has become a jazz standard, recorded by many artists.