AFTER MY LAUGHTER CAME TEARS

(Charles Tobias / Roy Turk)


Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards - 1928

Annette Hanshaw (with Lou Gold & His Orch.) - 1928

Meyer's Dance Orch. - 1928

The Virginians (vocal: Scrappy Lambert) - 1928

Lou Gold & His Orch. - 1928

Harmony Trio - 1928

Johnny Marvin & Ed. Smalle - 1928

Joe Turner - 1951


Also recorded by: Ray Charles; Chuck Howard; Nat King Cole.





As recorded by JOHNNY MARVIN & ED. SMALLE:



For after my laughter came tears


Our old friends may tell you I'm not sleeping

But I've missed you since you went away

To our friends I've just been make-believing

Don't believe a single word they say


I laughed the day I saw you leave

I laughed and said Id never grieve

But after my laughter came tears 


I told my friends I didn't care

I laughed about our whole affair

But after my laughter came tears


My pride kept me from showing them that I was blue

But by myself you'll never know what I've been through 


My lips concealed a heart in pain

I  made believe, but all in vain

For after my laughter came tears


(Instrumental Interlude)


My pride kept me from showing them that I was blue

But by myself you'll never know what I've been through 


My lips concealed a heart in pain

I  made believe, but all in vain

For after my laughter came tears



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2014)