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I became aware of this post from the FB group The Yiddish Are Coming, As I listened to the song in Yiddish, it occurred to me that the lyrics are quintessentially Jewish in their theme of yearning. Turns out the author. E. Yip Harburg was the son of Yiddish speaking parents and went to high school with Ira Gershwin. He wrote all the lyrics for The Wizard of Oz, and Finnians Rainbow, which broke ground by having an integrated chorus, He also wrote Brother Can You Spare a Dime. He was blacklisted, as were a disproportionate number of Jews, for 12 years, despite having won an Oscar for Rainbow, and authoring a song extolling the US, Gods Country.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:41:06 +0000

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