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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.

Yip Harburg

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Yip Harburg
Age: 84 †
Born: 1896
Born: April 8
Died: 1981
Died: March 5
Composer
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Screenwriter
Songwriter
Edgar Yipsel Yip Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg
E. Y. Harburg
Isidore Hochberg
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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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Did God who gave us flowers and trees, Also provide the allergies?
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There ought to be a law against necessity.
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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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My heart wants roots My mind wants wings. I cannot bear Their bickerings.
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April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.
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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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Songs are the pulse of a nation's heart. A fever chart of its health.
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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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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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A Russian child asked his mother : does God know we don't believe in Him?
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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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