Laugh A Little Bit
Here’s a motto, just your fit -
Laugh a little bit.
When you think you’ve trouble hit,
Laugh a little bit.
Look misfortune in the face.
Brave the beldam*’s rude grimace;
Ten to one ’twill yield its place,
If you have the wit and grit
Just to laugh a little bit.
Keep your face with sunshine lit,
Laugh a little bit.
All the shadows off will flit,
If you have the grit and wit
Just to laugh a little bit.
Cherish this as sacred writ -
Laugh a little bit.
Keep it with you, sample it,
Laugh a little bit.
Little ills will sure betide you,
Fortune may not sit beside you,
Men may mock and fame deride you,
But you’ll mind them not a whit
If you laugh a little bit.
By Edmund Vance Cooke
*beldam: archaic word meaning witch.
Edmund Vance Cooke was born on 5 June 1866 in Port Denver, Ontario, Canada. He became a poet. He was married to Lilith Castleberry in 1898, and together the couple had five children. Edmund Vance Cooke passed on at 66 years of age on 18 December 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.
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Here’s a motto, just your fit -
Laugh a little bit.
When you think you’ve trouble hit,
Laugh a little bit.
Look misfortune in the face.
Brave the beldam*’s rude grimace;
Ten to one ’twill yield its place,
If you have the wit and grit
Just to laugh a little bit.
Keep your face with sunshine lit,
Laugh a little bit.
All the shadows off will flit,
If you have the grit and wit
Just to laugh a little bit.
Cherish this as sacred writ -
Laugh a little bit.
Keep it with you, sample it,
Laugh a little bit.
Little ills will sure betide you,
Fortune may not sit beside you,
Men may mock and fame deride you,
But you’ll mind them not a whit
If you laugh a little bit.
By Edmund Vance Cooke
*beldam: archaic word meaning witch.
Edmund Vance Cooke was born on 5 June 1866 in Port Denver, Ontario, Canada. He became a poet. He was married to Lilith Castleberry in 1898, and together the couple had five children. Edmund Vance Cooke passed on at 66 years of age on 18 December 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the next article, or click or tap on these words to read “Humor And Inspiration And Learning About Laughter And Laughing” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
