LAUGHING SONG
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And
the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
When the air does laugh with our merry
wit,
And the green hill laughs with the noise of it;
when the meadows
laugh with lively green,
And the grasshopper laughs in the merry
scene,
When Mary and Susan and Emily
With their sweet round mouths sing
"Ha, ha he!"
When the painted birds laugh in the shade,
Where our table with cherries and
nuts is spread:
Come live, and be merry, and join with me,
To sing the
sweet chorus of "Ha, ha, he!"
