The other day, (Repeat)
I met a bear, (Repeat)
Up in the woods, (Repeat)
Away up there, (Repeat)
The other day I met a bear, up in the woods away up there, (All Together)
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,
And so I ran, away from there, but right behind, me was that bear,
Just up ahead, I saw a tree, a great big tree, oh Lordie me, (?)
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, away up there,
Now don't you fret, now don't you frown, 'cos I caught that branch, on the way back down,
And when I met, that bear once more, he was a rug, on the bedroom floor, (?)
All verses are repeated in the fashion of the first verse with the crowd repeating each line of the verse before all singing that verse together.