Once I built a tower up to the sun Brick and rivet and lime… - Yip Harburg

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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?

Yip Harburg

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About Yip Harburg

Edgar Yipsel Harburg (8 April 1896 – 4 March 1981), born Isidore Hochberg and known primarily as E. Y. Harburg or Yip Harburg, was an American lyricist who worked with many well-known composers. He is most famous for his lyrics for The Wizard of Oz (1939), including those of "Over the Rainbow".

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Pen Names: Edgar Yipsel Harburg

Birth Name: Isidore Hochberg

Native Name: Yip Harsburg

Also Known As: Yip

Alternative Names: Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg • E. Y. Harburg

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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.

WHERE and WHEN Are lost in space. THERE and THEN Do not embrace. So before we disappear Come sweet NOW and kiss the HERE.

Say, its only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea But it wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me.

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? - Yip Harburg

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