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Ira Gershwin Biography

Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.

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I'm bidin' my time, 'Cause that's the kinda guy I'm.

Bidin, Cause, Guy, Patience, Waiting

But the age of miracles hadn't passed.

Age, Miracle, Miracles, Passed

They all laughed at Christopher Columbus When he said the world was round.

Columbus, Laughed, Public Opinion, Round, Said, World

The future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke

Admit, Generations, Joke, Jokes, Nations, Present

Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high. Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma' is good-lookin', So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry.

Baby, Easy, High, Lakes, Summer

In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble.

Change, Crumble, Gershwin, Gibraltar, May, Time

A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.

Gershwin, Like, Music, Song

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.

Change, Deep, Encouragement, Music, State, Suffering

Aladdin's lamp is mine.

Aladdin'S Lamp, Lamp, Lamps, Mines

I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more?

Man, Men, Music, Rhythm

If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I ate a dictionary, And that did not do me a bit of good. For I've absorbed so many words and phrases— They drive me dizzy when I want to speak. I start explaining but each person gazes As if I spoke in Latin or in Greek.

Greek, Guy, Latin, Merry, Spoke

There's a somebody I'm longing to see, I hope that he, turns out to be, someone to watch over me.

Longing, See, Somebody, Turns, Watches

I'd like to add her initial to my monogram.

Add, Initial, Initials, Monogram, Monograms

Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky. . . Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try.

Hands, Neath, Nice, Sky

Summertime And the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high.

Cotton, Easy, Song, Summertime

I got daisies In green pastures.

Daisies, Green, Green Pastures, Pastures

I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood.

Lamb, Lambs, Littles, Lost, Wood, Woods

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