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Songs are the pulse of a nation's heart. A fever chart of its health.
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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Music gives 'wings' to words.
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Once I built a railroad now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
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Leave the atom alone.
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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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Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.
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A Russian child asked his mother : does God know we don't believe in Him?
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It's a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be...
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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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My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.
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My heart wants roots My mind wants wings. I cannot bear Their bickerings.
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