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How are things in Glocca Mora this fine day?
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
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Isidore Hochberg
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
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Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.
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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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April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.
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A Russian child asked his mother : does God know we don't believe in Him?
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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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All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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Leave the atom alone.
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Once I built a railroad now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
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Say, it's only a paper moon, / Sailing over a cardboard sea.
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My heart wants roots My mind wants wings. I cannot bear Their bickerings.
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Music gives 'wings' to words.
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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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If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
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