

Yip Harburg
- composer
- songwriter
- screenwriter
- lyricist
- poet
- writer
- musician
- librettist
- Born 1896-04-08
- Died 1981-03-05 (aged 84)
- Nationality United States
Biography
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Known for
Filmography
See full filmography| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Finian's Rainbow | Movie | screenwriter | 72 |
| 1939 | The Wizard of Oz | Movie | screenwriter | 43 |
Career timeline
Award won Role or nomination
1896 age 0
Born1939 age 43
1968 age 72
1981 age 84
Died
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Family and influences
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Photos
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Once I built a railroad, I made it run, <br> made it race against time. <br> Once I built a railroad; now it's done.<br> Brother, can you spare a dime?
Yip Harburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
Once I built a tower up to the sun <br /> Brick and rivet and lime <br /> Once I built a tower, now it's done <br /> Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Yip Harburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
I never knew the charm of spring <br> Never met it face to face <br> I never knew my heart could sing <br> Never missed a warm embrace <br> 'Til April in Paris. <br> Whom can I run to? <br> What have you done to <br> My heart?
Yip Harburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
Say, its only a paper moon <br> Sailing over a cardboard sea <br> But it wouldn't be make-believe <br> If you believed in me.
Yip Harburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
<p>Without your love <br> It's a honky-tonk parade <br> Without your love <br> It's a melody played in a penny arcade. </p><p> It's a Barnum and Bailey world <br> Just as phony as it can be <br> But it wouldn't be make-believe <br> If you believed in me.</p>
Yip Harburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
Somewhere over the rainbow,<br/> Way up high<br/> There's a land that I heard of<br/> Once in a lullaby.<br/> Somewhere over the rainbow<br/> Skies are blue<br/> And the dreams that you dare to dream<br/> Really do come true.
Yip Harburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
TV appearances
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Facts
Personal details
- Nationalities
- United States
- Cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- Languages
- English
- Education
- City College of New York, Townsend Harris High School
