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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.
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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There ought to be a law against necessity.
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We gotta be free - The eagle and me. see Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Emancipation of Women
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It's a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be...
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Songs are the pulse of a nation's heart. A fever chart of its health.
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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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If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
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