Rhymes for the Irreverent

by E.Y. Harburg

Book Overview

Yip Harburg, the great American lyricist who wrote "Somewhere, Over the Rainbow," "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "It's Only a Paper Moon," "April in Paris," and Finian's Rainbow, delights us with his poetic genius in this collection of humorous, iconoclastic, and exhilaratingly human verses. Harburg wrote the lyrics and much of the screenplay for The Wizard of Oz. He was later blacklisted for his liberal views, though constantly admired for his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1877733156
• ISBN13: 9781877733154
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Freedom from Religion Foundation
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.