Laughing chorus (Edwin T. Pound)

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• (Posted 2023-11-29)  CPDL #77704:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-29).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 402 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Laughing chorus
Composer: Edwin T. Pound
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1885 E. T. Pound
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Original text and translations

English text

It is agreed on every hand
Beyond a doubt, I trow,
That laughing is, you understand,
Preferred to sorrow, pain or woe;
Together let us laugh,
And of the pleasure quaff,
It is a joy
Without alloy,

Then laugh, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Then laugh, ha, ha, ha, again,
Now altogether join the strain,
’Tis a pleasure rare indeed,
And a blessing that we need,
So then laugh, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Some go through life with faces long,
And scarcely ever smile,
A hearty laugh they think is wrong,
And go complaining all the while;
But sober let them be,
We’ll laugh in merry glee,
’Twill give you health,
’Twill give you wealth,
Then laugh, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!