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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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Isidore Hochberg
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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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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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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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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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Virtue is its own revenge.
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Did God who gave us flowers and trees, Also provide the allergies?
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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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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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If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
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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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I am a rebel by birth... I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity. My feelings about that are so strong, I don't think I could live with myself if I weren't honest.
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It's a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be...
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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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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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Once I built a railroad now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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How are things in Glocca Mora this fine day?
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