From the musical “Peter Pan”, 1954.
Words by Carolyn Leigh.
Music by Mark Charlap.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I won’t grow up
I don’t want to go to school
Just to learn to be a person
And recite a silly rule
If growing up means it would be
Beneath my dignity to climb a tree
I’ll never grow up, never grow up
Never grow u-up, not me
Not I, not me, not me
I won’t grow up
I don’t want to wear a tie
And a serious expression in the middle of July
And if it means I must prepare
To shoulder burdens with a worried air
I’ll never grow up, never grow up
Never grow u-up, so there
Not I! Not me! So there
Never gonna be a man, I won’t
Like to see somebody try and make me
Anyone who wants to try
And make me turn into a man
Catch me if you can
I won’t grow up
Not a penny will I pinch
I will never grow a mustache
Or a fraction of an inch
‘Cause growing up is awfuller
Than all the awful things that ever were
I’ll never grow up, never grow up
Never grow u-up, no sir
Not I! Not me! No sir!