They All Laughed

Question 1

First Line

Answer 1

The odds were 100

Question 2

The odds were 100 to 1 against me

Answer 2

The world thought

Question 3

The world thought the heights were too high to climb

Answer 3

But people

Question 4

But people from Missouri never incensed me

Answer 4

Oh I wasn’t a bit concerned

Question 5

Oh I wasn’t a bit concerned

Answer 5

For from history I have learned

Question 6

For from history I have learned

Answer 6

How many, many

Question 7

How many, many times the worm has turned

Answer 7

TAL at Christopher Columbus

Question 8

TAL at Christopher Columbus, when he said the world was round

Answer 8

TAL when Edison

Question 9

TAL when Edison recorded sound

Answer 9

TAL at Wilbur and his brother

Question 10

TAL at Wilbur and his brother when they said that man could fly

Answer 10

They told Marconi

Question 11

They told Marconi wireless was a phoney, it’s the same old cry

Answer 11

They laughed at me wanting you… said I was reaching for the moon

Question 12

…reaching for the moon…

Answer 12

But oh you came through – now they’ll have to change their tune

Question 13

…change their tune…

Answer 13

They all said we never could be happy

Question 14

…never could be happy, they laughed at us and how

Answer 14

But ho ho ho, who’s got the last laugh now

Question 15

…last laugh now (end 1st v)

Answer 15

TAL at Rockefeller Center

Question 16

TAL at Rockefeller Center, now they’re fighting to get in

Answer 16

TAL at Whitney and his cotton gin

Question 17

TAL at … cotton gin

Answer 17

TAL at Fulton

Question 18

TAL at Fulton and his steamboat, Hershey and his chocolate bar

Answer 18

Ford and his Lizzie

Question 19

Ford and his Lizzie kept the laughers busy

Answer 19

That’s how people are! They laughed at me wanting you, said it would be hello goodbye

Question 20

…hello goodbye

Answer 20

but oh you came through; now they’re eating humble pie

Question 21

Humble pie

Answer 21

They all said we’d never get together

Question 22

They all said we’d never get together

Answer 22

**Darling let’s take a bow, but ho ho ho (fin)