They All Laughed 1936 'Shall We Dance'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 08 Aug 2003

The odds were a hundred to one against me.
The world thought the heights
were too high to climb.
But people from Missouri
never incensed me.
Oh, I wasn't a bit concerned
for from hist'ry I had learned
how many, many times the worm had turned.

They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
when he said the World was round.
They all laughed
when Edison recorded sound.
They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother,
when they said that man could fly.
They told Marconi
wireless was a phoney;
it's the same old cry.
They laughed at me wanting you,
said I was reaching for the moon;
but oh, you came through
now they'll have to change their tune.
They all said we never could be happy,
They laughed at us and how!
But Ho, Ho, Ho!
Who's got the last laugh now?

They all laughed at Rockefeller Center
now they're fighting to get in.
They all laughed
at Whitney and his cotton gin.
They all laughed at Fulton and his steamboat,
Hershey and his choc'late bar.
Ford and his Lizzie
kept the laughers busy;
that's how people are.
They laughed at me wanting you,
said it would be Hello, Goodbye;
But oh, you came through
now they're eating humble pie.
They all said we'd never get together;
Darling, let's take a bow,
For, Ho, Ho, Ho!
Who's got the last laugh,
He, He, He!
Let's at the past laugh,
Ha, Ha, Ha!
Who's got the last laugh now?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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They All Laughed 1936 Gershwin
from "Shall We Dance" - 1937
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
copyright 1936 (renewed 1963) by Gershwin Music
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 08 August 2003 at 11.41
in association with Doug Grierson
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