I Don't Care
by
HARRY O. SUTTON
Lyrics by: JEAN LENOX
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I DON’T CARE
Words by Music by
JEAN LENOX HARRY O. SUTTON
Moderately
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1. They
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Freely
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say I’m cra - zy, got no sense, but I don’t care. They may or may not
(2.) peo - ple say I think I’m it, but I don’t care. They say they don’t like
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mean of - fense, but I don’t care. You see I’m sort of in - de - pend - ent,
me a bit, but I don’t care. ’Cos my good na - ture ef - fer - vesc - ing,
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A B 7 E B 7 E
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of a clev -er race de -scend-ant. My star is on the as - cend-ant; that’s why I don’t care.
is one, there is no dis-tress - ing. My spi - rit there is no op -press-ing, just ’cos I don’t care.
rall.
Moderately
Chorus:
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I don’t care, I don’t care what they may
I don’t care, I don’t care if peo - ple
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think of me. I’m hap - py - go - luck - y, men
don’t like me. I’ll try to out - live it, I
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say I am pluck - y. So jol - ly and care - free.
know I’ll for - give it. And live con - ten - ted - ly.
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A
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I don’t care, I don’t care,
I don’t care, I don’t care
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if I do get the mean and ston - y stare. If I’m nev - er suc -
if peo - ple do not try to treat me fair. There is naught can a -
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cess - ful, it won’t be dis - tress - ful, ’cos I don’t
maze me, dis - like can - not daze me, ’cos I don’t
1-7. 8.
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care. 2. Some care.
care. 3-8. See Extra Verses care.
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Extra Verses
Verse 3: Verse 6:
If I call on a friend and she’s not “in,” Judge Parker’s friends say he will win,
Why I don’t care, But I don’t care,
I simply discover I need some pins, But Teddy’s friends say he is “in,”
’Cos I don’t care; And I don’t care,
Her feeble slight does but amuse me, But if Teddy is elected,
Nothing like it could confuse me, One good man is being rejected,
To hand it back none could induce me, Parker’s sure to be respected,
Just ’cos I don’t care. That’s why I don’t care.
Chorus 3: Chorus 6:
I don’t care, I don’t care I don’t care, I don’t care
If she did mean to snub, Who gets majority,
I’m feeling so jolly ’twould be simple folly He’ll be mighty lucky- I know he’ll be plucky,
To even feel the “rub” And happy ought to be,
I don’t care, I don’t care I don’t care, I don’t care
If I do call on her and she’s not there; Who gets into the Presidential chair,
If she can’t say “Hello” she’s not a good fellow, Each one will be loyal, and treat us “right royal,”
And I don’t care. So I don’t care.
Verse 4: Verse 7:
They say my hair’s in silly style, The trusts they say are doomed to die,
But I don’t care, But I don’t care,
They but amuse me all the while, To crush them out young Hearst will try,
’Cos I don’t care; And I don’t care,
You see my hair with me’s a fixture, He thinks the Journal rules the nation,
And its color’s not a mixture, That he has been our sole salvation,
When they call me living picture, Has he bumps of imagination?
Surely I don’t care. Surely I don’t care.
Chorus 4: Chorus 7:
I don’t care, I don’t care I don’t care, I don’t care
If my hair is not dressed swell; If folks say he has ’em bad,
I’ve got no kick coming- it’s vastly becoming, He went out for glory- it’s quite a sad story,
And suits my face so well; He came back “to the bad,”
I don’t care, I don’t care. I don’t care, I don’t care
I know that style like mine is mighty rare, If what I’m saying makes the dear boy swear,
So no one can “Phase” me by calling me “Crazy,” His hopes were many- his chances- not any,
’Cos I don’t care. But I don’t care.
Verse 5: Verse 8:
This is the time for politics, Kuroki is a wiry Jap,
But I don’t care, But I don’t care,
The winning man each party picks, For Russians he don’t give a snap,
But I don’t care; And I don’t care,
O’er new recruits each is effusive, He’s small- but he knows fighting science,
For that chair is Oh! so elusive, In him Japan does place reliance,
But one can win, that is conclusive, In Russia’s face he flings defiance,
That’s why I don’t care. That’s why I don’t care.
Chorus 5: Chorus 8:
I don’t care, I don’t care I don’t care, I don’t care
Which of the two does win, How much ammunition’s used,
There’s Ted who’s a wonder, and ne’er makes a blunder, The Czar’s hopes are fleeting- his army depleting,
I know he won’t begin; And Nick feels so abused,
I don’t care, I don’t care. I don’t care, I don’t care
There’s no doubt that they’re a mighty even pair, How much he tells the little Jap “Beware!”
Either Parker or Teddy we’ll welcome when ready, Ever since the beginning, they’ve kept right on winning,
And I don’t care. So I don’t care.
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