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Lives of great men all remind us, Greatness takes no easy way, All the heroes of tomorrow, Are the heretics of today. Socrates and Galileo, John Brown, Thoreau, Christ, and Debs, Heard the night cry "Down with traitors!" And the dawn shout "Up the rebs!"

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Hero, Night, Greatness

"A Tribute to Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. November 25, 2004.

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Follow the yellow brick road.

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Yellow, Bricks, Brick Roads

"We're Off to See the Wizard (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)" (song) (1939)

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

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World, Phony

"Song: It's Only a Paper Moon". 1933.

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Virtue is its own revenge.

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Revenge, Integrity, Drinking

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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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Rich, Poor, Idle

"Finian's Rainbow (When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich)". Book by Yip Harburg and Fred Saidy, 1947.

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Say, it's only a paper moon, / Sailing over a cardboard sea.

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Inspirational, Funny, Moon

'It's Only a Paper Moon' (1933 song; music by Harold Arlen)

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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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God, Believe, Matter

"Rhymes for the Irreverent (Agnostic)". Book by Yip Harburg, 1965.

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We gotta be free - The eagle and me. see Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Emancipation of Women

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Women, Eagles, Amelia

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April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.

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Holiday, Paris, Tree

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Leave the atom alone.

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Science, Leave Me Alone, Atoms

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There ought to be a law against necessity.

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Law, Ought

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As the writer of the lyric of the song 'God's Country,' I am outraged by the suggestion that somehow I am connected with, believe in, or am sympathetic with Communist or totalitarian philosophy.

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Country, Song, Philosophy

Yip Harburg's letter to the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1950.

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Someday I'll wish upon a star.

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Stars, Wish, Desire

Song: Over the Rainbow

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How are things in Glocca Mora this fine day?

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Fine, Fine Day

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For what we are about to receive, Oh Lord 'tis Thee we thank,' said the cannibal as he cut a slice off the missionary's shank.

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Cutting, Thankfulness, Missionary

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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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Sweet, Kissing, Space

"Laughing Space: Funny Science Fiction (Adverbs)". Book edited by Isaac Asimov and ‎J. O. Jeppson, 1982.

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Born: April 8, 1896
Died: March 5, 1981
Occupation: Lyricist
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