From The Triumph edited by George Frederick Root (Chicago: Root & Cady, 1868), page 120:


THE LAUGHING SONG
G. F. Root, from "Sabbath Bell."

Ha, ha, ha! Laughing is contagious, ha, ha, ha!
And sometimes advantageous, ha, ha, ha!
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,
Oh! ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
Ha, ha, ha,
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,