Laughing song (John Harrison Tenney)

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• (Posted 2023-12-13)  CPDL #78168:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-13).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 362 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Laughing song
Composer: John Harrison Tenney
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1890 S. Brainard’s Sons Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Better ’tis to laugh than cry,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha;
No one yet dare that deny,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha;
So remember boys and girls,
Be not sober whining churls,
Laugh and shake your sides and curls,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Laugh, they say, will make folks fat,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha;
We are not disputing that,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha;
But we know ’twill banish care,
It will make life seem more fair,
Laugh at home and everywhere,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Nature says that we must laugh,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha,
’Tis of life the better half,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha;
Laughing boys are seldom bad,
Laughing girls are never sad,
Laugh, then, when a chance is had,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.