The Bear Song

Lyrics: (Leader with Group, echoing)

The other day (The other day)
I saw a bear (I saw a bear)
A great big bear (A great big bear)
A way up there (A way up there)

Everyone:
The other day I saw a bear
A great big bear.. a way up there.
[Continue this pattern throughout the song.]

I looked at him, He looked at me.
I sized up him, He sized up me.

He says to me, Why don't you run?
I see you ain't, Got any gun

I said to him, That's a good idea!
So come on feet, Let's get out of here.

And so I ran, Away from there.
But right behind, Me was that bear.

But ahead of me, There was a tree.
A great big tree, Oh, Glory Be!

But the lowest branch, Was ten feet up.
I'd have to trust, My luck to jump.

And so I jumped, Into the air.
But I missed that branch, A way up there.

Now don't you fret, Now 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 meet, That bear once more.