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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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When the idle poor, Become the idle rich, You'll never know, Just who is who, Or who is which.
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I am a rebel by birth... I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity. My feelings about that are so strong, I don't think I could live with myself if I weren't honest.
Yip Harburg
No matter how much I prove and prod, I cannot quite believe in God But oh, I hope to God that He, Unswervingly believes in me.
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
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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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April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.
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All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today.
Yip Harburg
My heart wants roots My mind wants wings. I cannot bear Their bickerings.
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They who meet on an April night are forever lost in love, if there's moonlight all about and there's no moon above.
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Someday I'll wish upon a star.
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Songs are the pulse of a nation's heart. A fever chart of its health.
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Did God who gave us flowers and trees, Also provide the allergies?
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Follow the yellow brick road.
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Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.
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We gotta be free - The eagle and me. see Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Emancipation of Women
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Leave the atom alone.
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There ought to be a law against necessity.
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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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No matter how high or great the throne, What sits on it is the same as your own.
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