Chorus:	 Joy is in the ears that hear

	 Let its song succeed

	 Laughter is the bane of fear

	 And all the hope we need



1.  Let all who are most serious

    And fearful on this day

    Take lessons from our Giant friends

    Or children at their play

    For ever in the midst of woe

    It helps if we recall

    That laughter is a medicine

    More potent than them all



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2.  When all our banners dragged the dust

    And all our hands were chained

    In haunted caverns of the earth

    Our laughter yet remained

    And ever as we lost our dreams

    The joy would bid them nigh

    Until at last we left the dark

    And laughed beneath the sky



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3.  Though ever in this darkling world

    Our enemies grow strong

    It helps us to remember

    That their reign cannot be long

    And though it seems forever

    As we hold them still at bay

    It helps to know that laughter

    Is forever and a day







Words and music:  Kathy Mar



Copyright 1982 Kathy Mar