Bear Song

Bear Song

(Tune:  Sippin’ Cider)

The other day 

I met a bear.

A great big bear, a way up there.

The other day I met a bear.

A great big bear, a way up there.

I looked at him,

he looked at me.

I sized him up, he sized down me.

I looked at him, he looked at me.

I sized him up, he sized down me.

He said to me,

“Why don’t you run?

I see you don’t have any gun.”

He said to me, “Why don’t you run?

I see you don’t have 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.

Ahead of me

I saw a tree,

A great big tree, oh glory be.

Ahead of me I saw 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 away up there.

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

Cause I caught that branch on the way back down.

Now don’t you fret, now don’t you frown

Cause I caught that branch on the way back down.

This is the end,

there is no more

Unless I meet that bear once more.

This is the end, there is no more

Unless I meet that bear once more.