Written by Ira Gershwin and George Gershwin
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They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
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When he said the world was round
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They all laughed when Edison recorded sound
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They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother
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When they said that man could fly
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They told Marconi wireless was a phoney
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It's the same old cry
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They laughed at me wanting you
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Said I was reaching for the moon
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But oh, you came through now
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They'll have to change their tune
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They all said we never could be happy
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They laughed at us, and how
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But ho, ho, ho, who's got the last laugh now
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They all laughed at Rockefeller Center,
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Now they're fightting to get in
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They all laughed at Whitney and his cotton gin
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They all laughed at Fulton and his steam boat
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Hershey and his choc'late bar
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Ford and his Lizzie kept laughers busy
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That's how people are
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They laughed at me wanting you
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Said it would be hello, goodbye
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But oh, you came through now they're eating humble pie
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They all said we'd never get together
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Darling, let's take a bow
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For ho, ho, ho, who's got the last laugh
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He, he, he, let's at the past laugh
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Ha, ha, ha, who's got the last laugh now
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