![]() Elizabeth, one of Bernstein's daughters who was nine at the time, alerted Bernstein that their song " I Love You" was on television. Bernstein was home one day, recovering from foot surgery. The Lyons Group, who owned both series bought the rights to the song from Bernstein in 1992. After originally not receiving credit for the song in the videos, Bernstein was credited for writing the song and received compensation for past and future Barney materials after settling an agreement with The Lyons Group in 1992. The song became very popular when becoming associated with the children's television series Barney & Friends and the preceding Barney & The Backyard Gang videos. Bernstein's lyrics were published in the book Piggyback Songs: New Songs Sung to the Tune of Childhood Favorites by Warren Publishing House in 1983. In 1982, Lee Bernstein penned a song for the book titled "I Love You" to the public-domain tune of "This Old Man", which was one of Bernstein's favorite songs as a child. Warren informed readers that the songs would eventually be assembled into a book with the author of each songs receiving a free copy of the songbook and acknowledgement for their contribution. Warren put a call out for submissions in the November/December issue of the "Totline" newsletter in 1981. Jean Warren, an editor of Warren Publishing, was seeking submissions of original songs that could be sung to the tune of traditional and familiar children's songs.
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