Where has all the laugher gone?
In this house that was a home,
That echoed from the rafters,
Before the children roamed,
...
If I succeed and pass the heights,
I've set myself within my sights.
I'll know for sure I have achieved,
...
I'll dance a jig and off my hat, I'll wave goodbye, I won't be back.
For I'm taking off for faraway places, to see the sites and enter the races
Hop in a train, fly in a plane, happy am I to wander a lane.
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Laugher And Tears
Where has all the laugher gone?
In this house that was a home,
That echoed from the rafters,
Before the children roamed,
Where is all the happiness?
That made this house home.
That caressed and blessed, this haven of a home.
Where is all the pitter-patter of tiny dimpled feet,
That toddled here and toddled there, from all
who were so sweet.
Where is all the laughter, mingling with the tears.
That's disappeared along with time,
And the passing of the years.