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Bear Song        

The other day

I saw a bear

A great big bear

A way out there.

The other day I saw a bear

A great big bear a way out there.

I looked at him,

He looked at me.

I sized up him,

He sized up me.

I looked at him, he looked at me.

I sized up him, he sized up me.

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

Was that big bear.

And so I ran away from there

But right behind was that big bear.

Ahead of me

There was a tree –

A great big tree,

Oh glory be.

Ahead of me, there was a tree –

A great big tree, oh glory be.

The nearest branch

Was ten feet up.

I’d have to jump

And trust my luck.

The nearest branch was ten feet up.

I’d have to jump and trust my luck.

And so I jumped

Into the air,

But I missed that branch

A way up there.

And so I jumped 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’s all there is;

There ain’t no more,

Unless I see

That bear once more.

That’s all there is; there ain’t no more,

Unless I see that bear once more.