When the idle poor, Become the idle rich, You'll never know, Just who is who, Or who is which.

It's a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be...

Someday I'll wish upon a star.

The greatest romance in the life of a lyricist is when the right word meets the right note; often, however, a Park Avenue phrase elopes with a Bleecker Street chord, resulting in a shotgun wedding and a quickie divorce.

Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?

My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.

They who meet on an April night are forever lost in love, if there's moonlight all about and there's no moon above.