Classic Poem

VERSE

The odds were a hundred to one against me,
The world thought the heights were too high to climb.
But people from Missouri never incensed me:
Oh, I wasn't a bit concerned,
For from hist'ry I had learned
How many, many times the worm had turned.

REFRAIN 1

They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
When he said the world was round;
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound.
They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother
When they said that man could fly;
They told Marconi
Wireless was a phony —
It's the same old cry!
They laughed at me wanting you,
Said I was reaching for the moon;
But oh, you came through —
Now they'll have to change their tune.
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!

REFRAIN 2

They all laughed at Rockefeller Center —
Now they're fighting to get in;
They all laughed at Whitney and his cotton gin.
They all laughed at Fulton and his steamboat,
Hershey and his choc'late bar.
Ford and his Lizzie
Kept the laughers busy —
That's how people are!
They laughed at me wanting you —
Said it would be Hello! Good-bye!
But oh, you came through —
Now they're eating humble pie.
They all said we'd never get together —
Darling, let's take a bow,
For ho, ho, ho —
Who's got the last laugh —
He, he, he —
Let's at the past laugh —
Ha, ha, ha —
Who's got the last laugh now?