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A Russian child asked his mother : does God know we don't believe in Him?
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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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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No matter how high or great the throne, What sits on it is the same as your own.
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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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My heart wants roots My mind wants wings. I cannot bear Their bickerings.
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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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Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.
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Once I built a railroad now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
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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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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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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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Music gives 'wings' to words.
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How are things in Glocca Mora this fine day?
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