A 1905 novelty song from vaudeville.
Words by Jean Lenox.
Music by Harry O. Sutton.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- They say I’m crazy got no sense
But I don’t care
They may or may not mean offense
But I don’t care
You see I’m sort of independent
Of a clever race descendant
My star is on the ascendant
That’s why I don’t care
Chorus
I don’t care, I don’t care
What they make think of me
I’m happy go lucky, men say I am plucky
So jolly and care free
I don’t care, I don’t care
If I do get the mean and stony stare
If I’m never successful, it won’t be distressful
‘Cos I don’t care
- Some people say I think I’m it
But I don’t care
They say they don’t like me a bit
But I don’t care
‘Cos my good nature effervescing
Is one, there is no distressing
My spirit there is no oppressing
Just ‘cos I don’t care
Chorus
I don’t care, I don’t care
If people don’t like me
I’ll try to outlive it, I know I’ll forgive it
And live contentedly
I don’t care, I don’t care
If people do not try to treat me fair
There is naught can amaze me
Dislike cannot daze me
‘Cos I don’t care
Sung here by Fred Feild: