A natural exclamation which OED tells us is present in most modern Romance and all Germanic languages. As “Ha!”, it was not present in Old English, but “Ha! Ha!” was.
• 3.015 ha! ha!
• 3.016 ha! ha!
• 3.017 ha! ha!
• 12.066 Ha! Ha! You admit the ‘us” laughed Smaug.
words that you were saying 
[…] [03.015] O! What are you seeking,And where are you making?The faggots are reeking,The bannocks are baking!O! tril-lil-lil-lollythe valley is jolly,ha! ha! […]
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