Chorus:	 If you remember put some flowers on his grave

	 He was my little friend for all the comfort that he gave

	 He never called me Dummy he was always on my side

	 I was so very sorry when he died



1.  His operation made him smart

    He ran the maze so good

    But always had some time to be my friend

    We used to race and he would win

    It always made me mad at him

    But he would still be nice even then



2.  And when my operation made

    me smarter he was there

    To show me what would happen next to me

    It wasn't always in a book

    I had to hurt and sometimes look

    At sad things that I didn't want to see



3.  And now the smartness goes away

    And Algernon is dead

    And all my friends are nice to me again

    But when I am like Algernon

    Asleep inside the dirt and gone

    I wonder who will think about me then







Words and music:  Kathy Mar



Copyright 1985 Kathy Mar