THE BEAR SONG

The other day ... I met a bear ...
a great big bear ... away up there ...

He looked at me ... I looked at him ...
he sized up me ... I sized up him ...
(he smiled at me ... I smiled at him ...)

He said to me ... why don't you run ..?
I see you ain't ... got any gun ...

And so I ran ... away from there ...
and right behind ... me ran the bear ...

But then I saw ... in front of me ...
a great big tree ... oh glory be ...
(And up ahead ... there was a tree ...
a great big tree ... oh lordy me ...)

The nearest branch ... was ten feet up ...
so I'd to jump ... and trust my luck ...
(And way up there ... there was a branch ...
I knew it was ... my only chance ...)

And so I jumped ... up in the air ...
but I missed that branch ... away up there ...

Now don't you fret ... now don't you frown ...
I caught that branch ... on the way back down ...

That's all there is ... there ain't no more ...
unless I meet ... that bear once more ...

And so I met ... that bear once more ...
and now he's a rug ... on the bedroom floor ..!