and so say all of us

English

Etymology

Popularized by For He's a Jolly Good Fellow

Phrase

and so say all of us

1. amen (used to express strong agreement, or exultation after a prayer)
   • 1911, George Bernard Shaw, Fanny's First Play, Act III:

     MARGARET. Three cheers for old England! [She shakes hands with him warmly].
     BOBBY. Hurra-a-ay! And so say all of us.

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[12]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     And he laid his hands upon the blessed and gave thanks and he prayed and they all with him prayed :
     — Deus, cuius verbo sanctificantur omnia, benedictionem tuam effunde super creaturas istas : et praesta ut quisquis eis secundum legem et voluntatem Tuam cum gratiarum actione usus fuerit per invocationem sanctissimi nominis Tui corporis sanitatem et animæ tutelam Te auctore percipiat per Christum Dominum nostrum.
     — And so say all of us, says Jack.

   • 1981, John Rowe Townsend, The Islanders:

     '[a prayer] […] and keep us safe from sin on this blessed isle, and long may we live and prosper and be a credit to your name and memory. And so say all of us.'
     'And so say all of us!' echoed the congregation thankfully.