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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.

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
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Leave the atom alone.
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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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Once I built a railroad now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
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The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made 'em both a little bit naive.
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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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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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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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Say, it's only a paper moon, / Sailing over a cardboard sea.
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Lives of great men all remind us greatness takes no easy way.
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Songs are the pulse of a nation's heart. A fever chart of its health.
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
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All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today.
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There ought to be a law against necessity.
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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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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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We gotta be free - The eagle and me. see Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Emancipation of Women
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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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My heart wants roots My mind wants wings. I cannot bear Their bickerings.
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