THEY ALL LAUGHED
Verse 
The odds were a hun-dred to one a - gainst me.____
The world thought the heights were too high to climb.____
But peo-ple from Mis - sou - ri nev-er  in - censed me.___
Oh, I was-n't a bit con - cerned
For from hist' - ry  I  had   learned
How  man-y, man-y times  the worm  had  turned.____

Refrain 1
They all laughed at Chris-to-pher Co-lum-bus
When he said the World was round.______
They all laughed when Ed-i-son re-cord-ed sound.____
They all laughed at Wil-bur and his broth-er, 
When they said that man could fly,_____
They told Mar-co-ni   Wire-less was a pho-ney;
It's the same old cry.

They laughed at me____ want - ing you,_____
Said I was reach-ing for the moon;
But oh, ___  You came through___
Now they'll have to change their tune.

They all said we nev-er could be hap-py,
They laughed at us and how!
But  Ho, Ho, Ho!  Who's got the last laugh now?____

Refrain 2
They all laughed at Rock-e-fel-ler Cen-ter
Now they're fight-ing to  get  in.____
They all laughed at Whit-ney and his cot-ton gin.
They all laughed at Ful - ton and his steam-boat,
Her - shey and his choc'-late bar.___
Ford and his Liz-zie  Kept the laugh-ers bus-y;
That's how peo - ple are. 

They laughed at me____ want - ing you,_____
Said it would be Hel - lo,   Good - bye;
But oh, ___  You came through___
Now they're eat-ing hum-ble pie. 

They all said we'd nev-er get to-geth-er;
Dar - ling, 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?

Words and Music by Ira Gershwin

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