When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love

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"When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love" is a witty, lyrically intricate show tune by E. Y. Harburg, best known from the 1947 musical *Finian's Rainbow*.

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When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song
show tune
song
associatedWork Finian's Rainbow
surface form: Finian's Rainbow (film)
basedOn Finian's Rainbow (1947 Broadway production)
surface form: Finian's Rainbow (stage musical)
composer Burton Lane NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstAppearanceYear 1947
genre musical theatre
show tune
hasTitle When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love self-link
hasType stage song
language English
lyricalStyle humorous
witty
wordplay-heavy
lyricist E. Y. Harburg
lyricsBy E. Y. Harburg
musicalBy Burton Lane NERFINISHED
notableFor lyrical intricacy
witty lyrics
originalMedium stage
originalProduction Finian's Rainbow (1947 Broadway production)
partOfMusical Finian's Rainbow
performanceContext Broadway musical
subjectMatter paradoxical love
romantic longing
writer Burton Lane NERFINISHED

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E. Y. Harburg notableWork When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love
When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love hasTitle When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love self-link