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Yip Harburg
Age: 84 †
Born: 1896
Born: April 8
Died: 1981
Died: March 5
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Edgar Yipsel Yip Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg
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Did God who gave us flowers and trees, Also provide the allergies?
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I am one of the last of a small tribe of troubadours, who still believe that life is a beautiful and exciting journey with a purpose and grace which are well worth singing about.
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
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A Russian child asked his mother : does God know we don't believe in Him?
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Virtue is its own revenge.
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For what we are about to receive, Oh Lord 'tis Thee we thank,' said the cannibal as he cut a slice off the missionary's shank.
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Someday I'll wish upon a star.
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It's a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be...
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When the idle poor, Become the idle rich, You'll never know, Just who is who, Or who is which.
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This we learn from Watergate that almost any creep'll be glad to help the Government overthrow the people.
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Lives of great men all remind us greatness takes no easy way.
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Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.
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Music gives 'wings' to words.
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Once I built a railroad now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
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Lives of great men all remind us, Greatness takes no easy way, All the heroes of tomorrow, Are the heretics of today. Socrates and Galileo, John Brown, Thoreau, Christ, and Debs, Heard the night cry Down with traitors! And the dawn shout Up the rebs!
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They who meet on an April night are forever lost in love, if there's moonlight all about and there's no moon above.
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Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.
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The world would be a safer place, If someone had a plan, Before exploring outer space, To find the inner man.
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The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made 'em both a little bit naive.
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No matter how much I prove and prod, I cannot quite believe in God But oh, I hope to God that He, Unswervingly believes in me.
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