YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFULLY TAUGHT
Album South Pacific (Musical) 
(Rodgers & Hammerstein)


You've got to be taught 
To hate and fear, 
You've got to be taught 
From year to year, 
It's got to be drummed 
In your dear little ear 
You've got to be carefully taught. 

You've got to be taught to be afraid 
Of people whose eyes are oddly made, 
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade, 
You've got to be carefully taught. 

You've got to be taught before it's too late, 
Before you are six or seven or eight, 
To hate all the people your relatives hate, 
You've got to be carefully taught 



(Contributed by Bette Carl - January 2003)