To
Louis P. Bourquin, Esq.
[Cover page: "Thats Where the Laugh
comes in"]
[Title page:] "That's Where the Laugh Comes In."
(1865)
SONG & CHORUS
Written & Composed by
EASTBURN.
[Joseph Eastburn Winner (1837-1918)]
Author of
"OIL ON THE BRAIN." "SONG OF CONUMDRUMS." &C.&C.

New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co., 547 Broadway.
Boston: O. DITSON & Co.
Buffalo: J. R BLODGETT.
Chicago: ROOT & CADY.
Milwaukee: H. N. HEMPSTED.
Plate No. 6103
Eng'd. at Clayton's.
[Source: 053/075@Levy]

1. Augustus Don Pedro, a handsome young man,
  Who travell’d on shape I am told;
Determined to get if he possibly could,
  A wife who had plenty of gold.
So filling his noddle with many a plan,
  By which he the lady could win;
He hit upon one which I shortly shall tell,
  And “That’s where the laugh comes in.”

CHORUS [sung after each VERSE]
“That’s where the laugh comes in, Ha! Ha!
  That’s where the laugh comes in,
’Twas owing all to the income tax,
  And That’s where the laugh comes in.

2. He borrowed a watch and a massive gold chain,
  Rings, Studs, and in fact all he could;
Then sold them for greenbacks, and shortly before
  The income assessor he stood.
He handed the money to one of the clerks,
  Who entered his name with a grin,
He thought him a nabob, and set him down such,
  And shortly “The laugh comes in.”

3. While eagerly scanning the paper next day,
  To his great delight did appear
His name, with his income in figures set down,
  At full twenty thousand per yer;
The plan was successful, he married the girl,
  And tho’ he was not worth a pin,
His wits got a wife who had plenty for both,
  And “That’s where the laugh comes in.”

4. The father enraged at the terrible “sell,”
  Determined the young man to shoot;
But turning the matter again in his mind,
  Concluded Augustus to boot.
When calmer he grew, he thought he would do
  The best that he could for his kin,
So gave them the cash, and they cut quite a dash,
  And “That’s where the laugh comes in.”