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It's a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be...

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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Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Edgar Yipsel Yip Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg
E. Y. Harburg
Isidore Hochberg
Barnum
Bailey
Phony
World

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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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