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Please, Mr. Squirrel

from Don't Be Discouraged by Peter Lehndorff

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Please Mr. Squirrel is about an encounter I had while hiking Mt. Monadnock in New Hampshire.

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Please Mr. Squirrel, don’t eat all my granola.
Please Mr. Squirrel, climb into your tree.
Well, I love Mother Nature, and the birds and the bees,
Rocky and Bullwinkle on TV.
Please Mr. Squirrel, don’t eat all my granola.

I climbed the mountain, to see what I could see.
Got to the top, and pulled up a rock, and fixed myself some tea.
I fell asleep under a tree, I woke up as the victim of a robbery.
Please Mister Squirrel don't eat all my granola.

I gave him a candy bar. I gave him a piece of cheese.
He never said thank you. He never said please.
He ate my sandwich. He drank all my tea.
I don’t know what that squirrel wants from me...

Please Mister Squirrel don't eat all my granola.
Please Mister Squirrel, climb into your tree.
I know he seems cute enough
He took my raisins. He grabbed my nuts.
Please Mister Squirrel don't eat all my granola.

I packed up my tent to move away, to get away from him.
Walked on down the mountain, to go back home again.
Started to drive, and nearly lost control.
Squirrel in the back seat with my jelly roll.
Please Mister Squirrel don't eat all my granola.

Please Mister Squirrel, climb into your tree.
Well I brake for rabbits and chipmunks too
I don’t wear fur. I eat tofu.
Please Mister Squirrel don't eat all my granola.

credits

from Don't Be Discouraged, released May 6, 2022
© 2022 Peter Lehndorff / BMI

Peter Lehndorff: vocals, acoustic guitar
Sue Hill: vocals
Jim Henry: acoustic guitar
Joel Tepp: clarinet
Paul Kochanski: upright bass
J.J. O’Connell: drums

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Peter Lehndorff Hampden, Massachusetts

Partial proceeds from my bandcamp site will be donated to The Huntington's Disease Program at UConn. To date I have donated over $1000. Huntington's Disease is the genetic brain disease that took the life of Woody Guthrie.

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