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Library of Congress acquires only known lyrics sketch of 'Over the Rainbow'

Scrawled in pencil on a scrap of yellow legal paper by lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, the artifact is among dozens of treasures ...

Library of Congress Acquires ‘Wizard of Oz' Materials, Including Only Known Lyric Sketch for ‘Over the Rainbow'

"Someday I'll wish upon a star + wake + find the darkness far behind me," E. Y. (Yip) Harburg scrawled in pencil on a piece ...

Why ‘Over the Rainbow’ was almost cut from ‘The Wizard of Oz’: “The song stays or I go”

It's hard to imagine 'The Wizard of Oz' without Judy Garland singing 'Over the Rainbow', but it was almost cut from the ...