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Yip Harburg

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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
E. Y. Harburg
Isidore Hochberg
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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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WHERE and WHEN, Are lost in space. THERE and THEN, Do not embrace. So before we disappear, Come sweet NOW and kiss the HERE.
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April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.
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All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today.
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Oh, innocent victims of Cupid, remember this terse little verse: To let a fool kiss you is stupid. To let a kiss fool you is worse.
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If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
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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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It's a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be...
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We gotta be free - The eagle and me. see Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Emancipation of Women
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My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.
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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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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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How are things in Glocca Mora this fine day?
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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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A Russian child asked his mother : does God know we don't believe in Him?
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As the writer of the lyric of the song 'God's Country,' I am outraged by the suggestion that somehow I am connected with, believe in, or am sympathetic with Communist or totalitarian philosophy.
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Once I built a railroad now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
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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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No matter how high or great the throne, What sits on it is the same as your own.
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Someday I'll wish upon a star.
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