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Ira Gershwin Quotes

1896–1983 United States

Israel Gershowitz (later Ira Gershwin; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist, best remembered for the songs he wrote in collaboration with his brother George Gershwin.

United States
Songwriters

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In time the Rockies may crumble,
Gibraltar may tumble,
They're only made of clay,
But our love is here to stay.

Nice work if you can get it,
And you can get it if you try.

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

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

You've made my life so glamorous,
You can't blame me for feeling amorous.
'S wonderful, 's marvellous
That you should care for me.

It ain't necessarily so,
It ain't necessarily so.
De t'ings dat yo' li'ble
To read in de Bible,
It ain't necessarily so.

The way you wear your hat,
The way you sip your tea,
The mem'ry of all that –
No, no! They can't take that away from me!

You like potato and I like po-tah-to,
You like tomato and I like to-mah-to;
Potato, po-tah-to, tomato, to-mah-to –
Let's call the whole thing off!

Poor Jenny, bright as a penny!
Her equal would be hard to find.
She lost one dad and mother,
A sister and a brother--
But she would make up her mind.

They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
When he said the world was round;
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ira Gershwin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.