Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1905 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist.
She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Along with Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse, Bernice Petkere, and Kay Swift, she was one of the first successful Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood female songwriters.
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“Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesnt sell, Baby.”
—Dorothy Fields (19041974)
“O do not grieve
for a torn earth
barren fields burnt forests
cracked riven volcano-broken
hill-slopes islands shrunken
mountains lost.”
—Hilda Doolittle (18861961)