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