Scene to Song Episode 90: The Lyrics of Yip Harburg

In this episode, director Mike Meaney discusses the lyrics of Yip Harburg, lyrics from the musicals Bloomer Girl, Finian's Rainbow, The Wizard of Oz, and many in between. We also talk about the song "They Couldn't Compare to You" from Cole Porter, Dwight Taylor, and Reginald Lawrence's 1950 musical Out of This World. 

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Music played in this episode:
"Eagle and Me" from Bloomer Girl
"It was Good Enough for Grandma" from Bloomer Girl
"When I’m Not Near the Girl I Love" from Finian’s Rainbow
"When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich" from Finian’s Rainbow
"How are Things in Glocca Morra" from Finian’s Rainbow
"The Jitterbug" from The Wizard of Oz
"Napoleon" from Jamaica
"Lydia the Tattooed Lady" from The Marx Brothers's At the Circus
"Buds Won’t Bud" from Hooray for What
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz
"They Couldn’t Compare to You" from Out of This World