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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!" 

Dm 
"What would you like to eat?" 
A7/C# 
    "I don't care!" 
Dm 
"Some lovely cream of wheat?" 
A7/C# 
    "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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Dm                            A/C# 
"I would think that you could see..." 

("I don't care!") 
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"your head is where your feet should be!" 
    G7 
("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." 
Em7       A7 
("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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Cmaj7 

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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." 
    G7 
("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." 
Em7       A7 
("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 
G7    C 
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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    Dm7 
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?" 

Dm                     A/C# 
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! 

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