Laughing Song

"Laughing Song" is a song by The Residents, recorded in October 1977,Nibbles liner notes, 1979 and first released as the opening track of their 7" EP Duck Stab! on February 1st 1978 by Ralph Records. Later in the year, it was reissued as the fifth track on the album Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen. 
The Cryptic Corporation have noted that although the song's lyrics are "silly, a nursery rhyme", there is also a "sardonic edge" to the laughter heard throughout the song.Stephen Ronan and St. Jude, "Meet The Residents? Those Cryptic Guys at the Corporation", Mondo 2000 no. 5, 1992 The song features a guest appearance from the group's friend and frequent collaborator, guitarist Snakefinger. 
In 2009, The Residents recorded a new arrangement of the song for the compilation album Ten Little Piggies, and again in 2012 for the 35th Annniversary project D*ck S*ab. In 2021, the group performed the song live in the studio for the streaming TV special Duck Stab! Alive!, as well as on the Dog Stab! mini-tour of California in September of that year. Between January and April 2023, it was performed on the group's 50th Anniversary tour Faceless Forever.
== Lyrics ==
 Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
 He He He He Ho Ho Ho Ho
 He He He He He He He He
 Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
 An oily ole egg with a red peg leg
 Thought a porquepine was his daughter.
 But he soon found out
 That she had the gout,
 And she often would wink underwater.
 A red red rose saw a big pig pose
 On the edge of a silver dollar.
 The end of his tail
 Was a long necked nail.
 In place of his face was a scholar.Ima Buddy, Ima Buddy's Totally Impartial Companion to Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated BIG MAMAS, 1992
==List of releases==
*Duck Stab! EP (1978) Grove Street studio recording, October 1977 (2:14)
*Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen (1978) 
*Please Do Not Steal It!/Nibbles (1979) 
*In Memoriam Torso (1994) 
*Ten Little Piggies (2009) Studio demo recording, 2009 (2:23)
*D*ck S*ab - 35th Anniversary (2012) Studio demo recording, 2012 (1:19)
* 80 Aching Orphans (2017)
*Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen pREServed CD edition (2018) 
*Duck Stab! Alive! (2021) 25th Street Recording live studio recording, May 2021 (medley with "Bach Is Dead")
===List of versions===
==External links and references==
* Duck Stab! at The Residents Historical
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