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If we children ruled the world, I'm sure
    Each day could be such fun.
We'd abolish all that hard school work 
     And we'd play out in the sun.

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Playgrounds would be packed with kids -
    The swimming pools as well -
And we’d wish the things we didn’t like
     A very fond farewell.

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If we children ruled the world, I'm sure,
    The rush for school would go
And parents wouldn't be allowed
     To use the word of 'no'.

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The clocks would stop forever
    For there’d be no 'time for bed.'
Then we could play for evermore - -
    Oh, much more fun instead.

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If we children ruled the world, I'm sure
   We'd have birthday cake each day:
Birthday presents, lots of fun 
    And lots of games to play.

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Then all day long we’d watch TV
    And choose the things we’d eat
And nobody could ever say:
     'You can’t have any sweets.'

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Now, children, have you really thought
    How all this could be done?
Who’d make the sweeties that you eat,
     If we all were having fun?

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Who’d make your play equipment 
     And who’d build the swimming pools?
And what would all your teachers do
     If they couldn’t go to school?

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Then who would grow the food you eat
     And who would make your clothes?
They’d not appear by magic - well
      If that’s what you suppose.

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You couldn’t watch the tele
    If programmes were not there,
And a life that isn’t purposeful
    Is a life full of despair.

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Perhaps you’d like your special isle
   That you could rule instead.
You’d have to search for food to eat
    And then hunt for a bed.

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With no mother, father, grandparents
     Or teachers to say: 'No!'
You'd think, I'm sure, of all you’d lost
   And prefer the world you know.

 

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