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
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Rainbow world. So, we handed down. Hand it down. We can hand down our songs, which still hang on to hope. Today, we pay tribute to yip harburg. He put the rainbow in the wizard of oz, all of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, i am amy goodman. His name may not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world, like jazz singer Abbey Lincoln and bing crosby sang it. I built a railroad with time and i built a railroad and now it is done dime . R, can you spare a and tom waits. Judy collins, and dr. John from new orleans, peter yarrow, that . S al jolson, and our beloved odetta. Brother, can you spare a dime . . It 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. He . S best known for writing the lyrics to . The wizard of oz, . But he also
He always has a little great ending on the end of each of his songs. And he got hooked on w. S. Gilbert, the bab ballads. And then, when he went to townsend high school, they had them sitting in the seats by alphabetical order, so yip was h and gershwin was g, so ira sat next to yip. One day, yip walked in with the bab ballads, and ira, who was very shy and hardly spoke with anybody, just suddenly lit up and said, do you like those . And they got into a conversation, and ira then said, do you know theres music to that . And yip said, no. He said, well, come on home. So they went to iras home, which was on 2nd avenue and 5th street which is sort of upper from yips poverty at 11th and c. And they had a victrola, which is like having, you know, huge instruments today, and played him h. M. S. Pinafore. Well, yip was just absolutely flabbergasted, knocked out. And that did it. I mean, for the both of them, because ira was intensely interested that thing, too. That began their lifelong frien