Joy Lyrics

Joy lyrics

Chorus:	 Joy is in the ears that hear



	 Let its song succeed



	 Laughter is the bane of fear



	 And all the hope we need







1.Let all who are most serious



And fearful on this day



Take lessons from our Giant friends



Or children at their play



For ever in the midst of woe



It helps if we recall



That laughter is a medicine



More potent than them all







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2.When all our banners dragged the dust



And all our hands were chained



In haunted caverns of the earth



Our laughter yet remained



And ever as we lost our dreams



The joy would bid them nigh



Until at last we left the dark



And laughed beneath the sky







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3.Though ever in this darkling world



Our enemies grow strong



It helps us to remember



That their reign cannot be long



And though it seems forever



As we hold them still at bay



It helps to know that laughter



Is forever and a day















Words and music:Kathy Mar







Copyright 1982 Kathy Mar