They All Laughed

by Ella Fitzgerald

From the album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book

Track 19 of 59 on Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959).

Duration: 3:05

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Lyrics for They All Laughed

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 wasnt a bit concerned For from histry 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 phony Its the same old cry They laughed at me wanting you Said I was reaching for the moon But oh, you came through Now theyll have to change their tune They all said we never could be happy They laughed at us and how! But ho, ho, ho! Whos got the last laugh now? They all laughed at rockefeller center Now theyre fighting to get in They all laughed at whitney and his cotton gin They all laughed at fulton and his steamboat Hershey and his chocolate bar Ford and his lizzie Kept the laughers busy Thats how people are They laughed at me wanting you Said it would be, "hello, goodbye." But oh, you came through Now theyre eating humble pie They all said wed never get together Darling, lets take a bow For ho, ho, ho! Whos got the last laugh? Hee, hee, hee! Lets at the past laugh Ha, ha, ha! Whos got the last laugh now? "

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