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Artist: Abbey Lincoln
Canonical path: /abbey-lincoln/laugh-clown-laugh
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh!
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh!
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Even though you're only make believing
Laugh, Clown, laugh!
Even though something inside is grieving
Laugh, Clown, laugh!
Don't let your heart grow too mellow
Just be a real Punchinello, fellow
You're supposed to brighten up a place
And laugh, Clown, laugh!
Paint a lot of smiles around your face
And laugh, Clown, don't frown
Dressed in your best coloured humour
Be a pallietto and laugh, Clown, laugh!
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Abbey Lincoln performs "Laugh, Clown, Laugh!", and this lyric page sits inside the Abbey Lincoln catalog on LyroVerse.
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