God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song)
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"God Bless the Child" (1941) is a song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. in 1939, first recorded on May 9, 1941 under the Okeh label.
It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The lyrics reference Matthew 25:29 or Luke 8:18.
It was sampled in Alex Gopher's "The Child" (1999).
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