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Thread #104963   Message #4193333
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
10-Dec-23 - 02:14 PM
Thread Name: Songs about Christopher Columbus
Subject: RE: Songs about Christopher Columbus
"They All Laughed" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1937 film Shall We Dance where it was introduced by Ginger Rogers as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire.

They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
When he said the world was round
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound

They all said, we never could be happy
They laughed at us and how
But ho, ho, ho
Who's got the last laugh now?