"Laughing Quartette" (not dated)
Written and Composed by
John Hill Hewitt, 1801-1890

[Source-- 
manuscript photocopy curtesy of:
John Hill Hewitt Collection (#31)
OP -- Group 7, Folder 6
Special Collections
EMORY UNIVERSITY
The Robert W. Woodruff Library
Atlanta, Georgia 30322-2870]

While thus in glee together,
We sing our social lay
In spite of wind and weather
We pass our time away
Ha, ha, ha laugh while yet ye may,
A good laugh drives away dull care,
Ha, ha, ha- join our merry lay,
And make old moping sorrow stare.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
We'll join the merry lay.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
We'll join the merry lay.
We'll join the merry lay.
We'll join the merry lay.