Younger Generation

[Verse 1]
If I eat too much jam
Mother, look how young I am
Father dear, please recall
That at one time you were small
If I'm hard on my clothes
And I do not wipe my nose
Parents dear, please recall
That at one time you were small

[Chorus]
Tiddle-ee-um, tiddle-ee-um
Tiddle-ee-um, tum, tum, tum, tum
We're the younger generation
And the future of the nation

[Verse 2]
If I look, as I pass
Into every looking glass
Parents mine, have no fears
Just go back some twenty years
If I stay out of doors
And don't help with kitchen chores
Parents mine, have no fears
Just go back some twenty years

[Chorus]
Tiddle-ee-um, tiddle-ee-um
Tiddle-dee-um, tum, tum, tum, tum
We're the younger generation
And the future of the nation

[Verse 3]
If to school I am late
Please don't scold or agitate
Parents dear, isn't it true
One time you were that way too?
If I make too much noise
And I hit back at the boys
Parents dear, isn't it true
One time you were that way too?

[Chorus]
Tiddle-ee-um, tiddle-ee-um
Tiddle-ee-um, tum, tum, tum, tum
We're the younger generation
And the future of the nation

[Verse 4]
Parents dear, use your tact
If you don't like how we act
Do not fret, do not mourn
Is it our fault we were born?
Please forgive all we do
Someday we'll suffer, too
When in turn we shall groan
At some children of our own

[Chorus]
Tiddle-dee-um, tiddle-dee-um
Tiddle-ee-um, tum, tum, tum, tum
We're the younger generation
And the future of the nation