“Ha, ha! ha, ha! how jolly is life,

We know no care, we know no strife;

We dance, we sing, and merrily play

The long night through; and then by day

We work, we delve in the ground below,

And make Earth’s fountains merrily flow.

We feed the fires, till the cold streams boil;

We spare no trouble, we spare no toil,

We make the dark pools bubble and hiss,

Till the waters leap up the trees to kiss,