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Yip Harburg

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Also known as Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg, Edgar Yipsel Harburg, E. Y. Harburg, Isidore Hochberg

American lyricist (1896–1981)

Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • The Yip Harburg Songbook Piano Vocal Guitar
  • More Rhymes for the Irreverent
  • Rhymes for the Irreverent
  • Yip Harburg Songbook

via Open Library + Wikidata

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
370
Total plays
892

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via Last.fm · Yip Harburg

Quotes

  • Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time. Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
  • Once I built a tower up to the sun Brick and rivet and lime Once I built a tower, now it's done Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
  • I never knew the charm of spring Never met it face to face I never knew my heart could sing Never missed a warm embrace 'Til April in Paris. Whom can I run to? What have you done to My heart?
  • Say, its only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea But it wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me.
  • Without your love It's a honky-tonk parade Without your love It's a melody played in a penny arcade. It's a Barnum and Bailey world Just as phony as it can be But it wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me.
  • Some day I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where troubles melt like lemondrops Away above the chimney tops, That's where you'll find me. Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow, Why then, oh why can't I?

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Isidore
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Lower East Side
Place of death
Hollywood
Occupation
poet
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
atheism
Official website
yipharburg.com
Image
Yip Harburg passport photo (1920) (cropped).jpg
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cause of death
myocardial infarction
date of birth
1896-04-08
date of death
1981-03-05
manner of death
accidental death
birth name
Isidore Hochberg
ethnic group
Jewish people
pseudonym
Edgar Yipsel Harburg
nickname
Yip
name in native language
Yip Harsburg
partner in business or sport
Harold Arlen
contact page URL
yipharburg.com/contact
email address
mailto:[email protected]
Sources (7)

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Yip Harburg, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana