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Thread #76650 Message #1360680
Posted By: Mark Cohen
18-Dec-04 - 04:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune/Chords Req: Lydia the Tattooed Lady
Subject: RE: Lidia the Tatooed Lady
I hadn't realized that was written by Yip Harburg, who also wrote the lyrics for a few other little ditties like "It's Only a Paper Moon," "April in Paris," "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" and "Over the Rainbow."
There's a good brief biography of this accomplished and socially conscious lyricist here. Among other things, it mentions that he was a high school classmate of Ira Gershwin!
Aloha,
Mark