To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs; Heine was nearer the mark when he found in Him the divine Aristophanes. God's laughter is sometimes very coarse and unfit for polite ears; He is not satisfied with being Molière, He must needs also be Aristophanes and Rabelais.
Bio: Ervin Drake, birth name was Irving Maurice Druckman, was an American songwriter whose works include such American Songbook standards as "I Believe" and "It Was a Very Good Year".
