See the old man in the bar, there's none the wiser,
Drinking up the jar of the grape or of the grain,
He's drinking up the jar with conversation,
He says, "Living is the loving and loving is the living of life."

There's a friend of a friend of mine as a friend who greets me,
You know he's said, "Hello", while going to the fair,
Listen, don't you know he'd make you sorry,
But a friendly face is given as helping with the living of life.

[Chorus]
Laugh and the world laughs with you,
Cry and you cry alone,
Weep and there's none will heed you,
They've troubles enough of their own.

Sing and the hills will answer,
Sigh and it's lost in the air,
Old Mother Earth must borrow some mirth,
But they don't want no troubles or no woe.

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The clown is loved by all, he's a masquerade,
In a circus he can fall and we all see the joke,
Beneath a mask so gay, there's a hidden sorrow,
But wait until tomorrow and what he gave he'll borrow from you.

The jester in the court is the Queen's old favourite,
But tomorrow she might change and he might lose his head,
The joker of the pack can smile with laughter,
But then a little after she might find someone dafter than your man.

[Chorus]
Laugh and the world laughs with you,
Cry and you cry alone,
Weep and there's none will heed you,
They've troubles enough of their own.

Sing and the hills will answer,
Sigh and it's lost in the air,
Old Mother Earth must borrow some mirth,
But they don't want no troubles or no woe.