They all laughed

Intro

The odds were a hundred to one against me

The world thought the heights were too high to climb

But people from Missouri never incensed me

Oh, I wasn't a bit concerned

For from hist'ry I had learned

How many, many times the worm had turned

1st verse

They all laughed at Christopher Columbus when he said the world was round

They all laughed when Edison recorded sound

They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother when they said that man could fly

Why, they told Marconi wireless was a phoney — it's the same old cry

Why they laughed at me, wanting you — said I was reaching for the moon

But oh, you came through — and now they'll have to change their tune

They all said we'd never get together — they laughed at us and how

For oh, ho, ho — Who's got the last laugh now?

2nd verse

They all laughed at Rockefeller Center — now they're fighting to get in

They all laughed at Whitney and his cotton gin

They all laughed at Fulton and his steamboat — Hershey and his chocolate bar

Ford and his Lizzie kept the laughters busy — that's how people are

Why they laughed at me, wanting you — said it would be "Hello — Goodbye"

But oh, you came through — and now they're eating humble pie

They all said we'd never get together — darling, let's take a bow

For oh, ho, ho, Who's got the last laugh —

Hee, hee, hee, Let's have the last laugh —

Ha, ha, ha, Who's got the last laugh now?

From clip of the film for which the song was written ("Shall We Dance" 1937) with Rogers singing the original lyrics.^[1][2]