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There once was a boy named Pierre
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who only would say, "I don't care!"
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Read his story by friend, for you'll find
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at the end that a suitable moral lies there
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One day his mother said
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when Pierre climbed out of bed,
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"Good morning, darling boy,
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you are my only joy."
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Pierre said, "I don't care!"
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"What would you like to eat?"
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"I don't care!"
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"Some lovely cream of wheat?"
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"I don't care!"
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"Don't sit backwards on your chair."
"I don't care!"
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"Or pour syrup on your hair."
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"I don't care!"
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"You are acting like a clown."
"I don't care!"
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And we have to go to town."
"I don't care!"
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"Don't you want to come, my dear?"
"I don't care!"
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"Would you rather stay right here?"
"I don't care!"
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So his mother
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left him there.
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His father said, "Get off your head
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or I will march you up to bed!"
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Pierre said, "I don't care!"
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"I would think that you could see..."
("I don't care!")
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"your head is where your feet should be!"
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("I don't care!")
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"If you keep standing upside down..."
("I don't care!")
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"we'll never ever get to town."
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("I don't care!")
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"If only you would say I care..."
("I don't care!")
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"I'd let you fold the folding chair."
("I don't care!")
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So his parents
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left him there.
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They didn't take him anywhere.
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Now, as the night began to fall
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a hungry lion paid a call.
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He looked Pierre right in the eye
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and asked him - if he'd like to die.
And Pierre said,
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"I don't care!"
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"I can eat you, don't you see?"
("I don't care!")
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"And you will be inside of me."
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("I don't care!")
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"Then you'll never have to bother..."
("I don't care!")
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"With a mother and a father."
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("I don't care!")
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"Is that all you have to say?"
("I don't care!")
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"Then I'll eat you if I may."
("I son't care!")
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So the li - on
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ate Pierre.
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Arriving home at six o'clock
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his parents had a dreadful shock!
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They found the lion sick in bed
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and cried "Pierre is surely dead!"
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They pulled the lion by the hair.
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They hit him with the folding chair.
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His mother asked, "Where is Pierre?"
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And the lion answered,
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"I don't care!"
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His father said,
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"Pierre's in there!"
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They rushed the lion into town.
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The doctor shook him up and down.
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And when the lion gave a roar
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Pierre fell out upon the floor.
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He rubbed his eyes and scratched hiS head
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and laughed because he wasn't dead.
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His mother cried and held him tight.
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His father asked, "Are you all right?"
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Pierre said "I amd feeling fine,
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please take me home, it's half past nine."
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The lion said, "If you would care
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to climb on me I'll take you there."
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Then everyone looked at Pierre who shouted,
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"Yes indeed I care!"
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The lion took them home to rest
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and stayed on as a weekend guest.
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The moral of Pierre is care!
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.