Hope and laughter. Amy today we pay to be to the blacklisted lyricist yip harburg. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today, we pay tribute to yip harburg. His name may not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world, like jazz singer abbey lincoln. Being crosby saying that. Yip harburg wrote it. I built a railroad i built a railroad, now its done brother, can you spare a dime amy and tom waits. Bricks and mortar amy judy collins, and dr. John from new orleans. And peter yarrow. Is al jolson, and our beloved odetta. Dime you spare a you spare a dime amy brother, can you spare a dime . May well be a new anthem for many americans. The lyrics to that classic american song were written by yip harburg. He was blacklisted during the mccarthy era. During his career as a lyricist, yip harburg used his words to express antiracist, proworker messages. Hes best known for writing the lyri
But we could hand down our songs, which still hang on to hope and laughter. Amy today we pay to be to the blacklisted lyricist yip harburg. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today, we pay tribute to yip harburg. His name may not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world, like jazz singer abbey lincoln. Being crosby saying that. Yip harburg wrote it. I built a railroad i built a railroad, now its done brother, can you spare a dime amy and tom waits. Bricks and mortar amy judy collins, and dr. John from new orleans. And peter yarrow. Is al jolson, and our beloved odetta. Dime you spare a you spare a dime amy brother, can you spare a dime . May well be a new anthem for many americans. The lyrics to that classic american song were written by yip harburg. He was blacklisted during the mccarthy era. During his career as a lyricist, yip harburg used his words to express antiracist
But we could hand down our songs, which still hang on to hope and laughter. Amy today we pay to be to the blacklisted lyricist yip harburg. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today, we pay tribute to yip harburg. His name may not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world, like jazz singer abbey lincoln. Being crosby saying that. Yip harburg wrote it. I built a railroad i built a railroad, now its done brother, can you spare a dime amy and tom waits. Bricks and mortar amy judy collins, and dr. John from new orleans. And peter yarrow. Is al jolson, and our beloved odetta. Dime you spare a you spare a dime amy brother, can you spare a dime . May well be a new anthem for many americans. The lyrics to that classic american song were written by yip harburg. He was blacklisted during the mccarthy era. During his career as a lyricist, yip harburg used his words to express antiracist