The
Bear Song
The other day,
I saw a
bear,
A
great, big bear,
A way
up there.
The
other day I saw a bear,
A great
big bear a way up there.
He
looked at me,
I
looked at him,
He sized up me,
I sized
up him.
He
looked at me, I looked at him,
He
sized up me, I sized up him.
He said
to me,
Why
don’t you run?
I see
you ain’t,
Got any
gun.
He said
to me why don’t you run?
I see
you ain’t got any gun.
And so
I ran,
Away
from there,
But
right behind,
Me was
that bear!
And so
I ran away from there,
But
right behind me was that bear!
Now
up ahead,
There
was a tree.
A
great big tree,
Oh
glory me!
Now
up ahead there was a tree,
A
great big tree oh glory me!
The
lowest branch,
Was
ten feet up.
I’d
have to jump,
And
trust my luck.
The
lowest branch was ten feet up,
I’d
have to jump and trust my luck.
And
so I leapt,
Into
the air,
But
I missed that branch,
A
way up there.
And
so I leapt into the air,
But
I missed that branch a way up there.
Now
don’t you fret,
And
don’t you frown.
‘Cause
I caught that branch,
On
the way back down!
Now
don’t you fret and don’t you frown,
‘Cause
I caught that branch on the way back down.
That
is the end,
There
is no more,
Unless
I see,
That
bear once more.
That is the end there is no more,
Unless
I see that bear once more.