E.Y. “Yip” Harburg

August 27, 2013 ypadmin

E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, an essay by Benjamin Sears, Harburg scholar and performer, 1999.

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2 versions of a lyric

1943
Pa gave up his old broken rocker,
Ma gave up her old rolling pin;
They’re doing fine on the assembly line,
Great guns, how the money rolls in!

Grandpappy’s inspecting propellers,
Grandmammy is making ’em spin;
There’s Uncle Hodge welding a fuselage,
Great guns, how the money rolls in!

1969
Daddy’s up in Boein’ buildin’ bombers,
Brother’s down in Saigon sellin’ gin,
DuPont’s got the nation
Thrivin’ on defoliation,
Great guns, how the money rolls in,
Rolls in.

Bill is pushin’ pills and marijuana,
Keepin’ GI’s happy in Berlin,
Mike is with Onassis shippin’ Greeks our poison gases,
Great guns, how the money rolls in.

Excerpts from “Great Guns, How the Money Rolls In”
1943 version (unpublished); music by Sammy Fain
Probably intended for the 1944 MGM feature Meet the People (about defense workers in World War Two)
1969 version (also unpublished); music by Ann Sternberg
Written during the height of the Viet Nam War

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