Laughing song (George Frederick Root)

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• (Posted 2023-12-04)  CPDL #77833:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-04).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 290 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Laughing song
Composer: George Frederick Root
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1868 Root & Cady
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Original text and translations

English text

Laughing is contagious
And sometimes advantageous,
But very careful be,
And laugh with caution now,
For wise men laugh but rarely,
The reason we’ll state fairly,
They think it’s not becoming,
To be found in any funning,
So their laugh is very low.