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

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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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April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.
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Did God who gave us flowers and trees, Also provide the allergies?
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The greatest romance in the life of a lyricist is when the right word meets the right note often, however, a Park Avenue phrase elopes with a Bleecker Street chord, resulting in a shotgun wedding and a quickie divorce.
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Leave the atom alone.
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The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made 'em both a little bit naive.
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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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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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How are things in Glocca Mora this fine day?
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Follow the yellow brick road.
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A Russian child asked his mother : does God know we don't believe in Him?
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If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
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Once I built a railroad now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
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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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Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.
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My heart wants roots My mind wants wings. I cannot bear Their bickerings.
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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.
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My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.
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Virtue is its own revenge.
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This we learn from Watergate that almost any creep'll be glad to help the Government overthrow the people.
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