One day a father had a fight With his youngest son They fought and fought, back and forth But neither of them won And so the little boy stormed off To his bedroom up the stair "I hate him, oh, so very much Let him see that I don't care" And so he thought he'd leave note Yes, that is what he'd do He left it on the bottom step And put 'Daddy, I do hate you' And so he waited, some time passed And another note lay there This time it was from Dad to son And said 'I love you and I care' "Huh, he won't win me like that I'll leave another on the stair And I will write to my horrid Dad" 'I still hate you and don't care' But the Dad was a kind and patient man And he knew just what to do He left another little note Simply saying 'I love you' The boy read it and then he said "I know what I must do" And so he wrote just one last note And put 'Dad, I love you too'