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QUOTATION:Once I built a railroad, made it run,
Made it race against time ...
Now it’s done,
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
ATTRIBUTION:Yip Harburg (1898–1981), U.S. songwriter. Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (Song), Americana (show, 1932).

Born Isidore Hochberg, name changed to Edgar Y. Harburg.
 
 
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