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Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.

Yip Harburg

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Yip Harburg
Age: 84 †
Born: 1896
Born: April 8
Died: 1981
Died: March 5
Composer
Lyricist
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Edgar Yipsel Yip Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg
E. Y. Harburg
Isidore Hochberg
Witch
Wicked
Dead
Dong
Ding

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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, 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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If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
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It's a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be...
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When the melody touches your heart emotionally and the words hit your brain intellectually, more than likely you'll find you'll have an excellent song to sing.
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Did God who gave us flowers and trees, Also provide the allergies?
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Virtue is its own revenge.
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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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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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No matter how high or great the throne, What sits on it is the same as your own.
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My heart wants roots My mind wants wings. I cannot bear Their bickerings.
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