Bear Song

(repeat song)

The other day (echo) I met a bear (echo)

A great big bear (echo) A way out there (echo)

(together) The other day I met a bear, A great big bear, a way out there.

He looked at me (echo) I looked at him (echo)

He sized me up (echo) I sized up him (echo)

(together) He looked at me, I looked at him. He sized me up, I sized up him.

He said to me (echo) Why don’t you run (echo)

I see you ain’t (echo) Got any gun (echo)

(together) He said to me why don’t you run, I see you ain’t got any gun.

And so I ran (echo) Right out of there (echo)

But right behind (echo) Me was that bear (echo)

(together) And so I ran right out of there, but right behind me was that bear.

In front of me (echo) I spot a tree (echo)

A great big tree (echo) O glory be (echo)

(together) If front of me I spot a tree, a great big tree O glory be.

The lowest branch (echo) Was 10 feet up (echo)

I had to jump (echo) And trust my luck (echo)

(together) The lowest branch was 10 feet up, I had to jump and trust my luck.

And so I jumped (echo) Into the air (echo)

But I missed that branch (echo) On the way up there (echo).

(together) And so I jumped into the air, but I missed that branch on the way up there.

Now don’t you fret (echo) And don’t you frown (echo)

‘Cause I caught that branch (echo) On the way back down (echo)

(together) Now don’t you fret and don’t you frown, ‘cause I caught that branch on the way back down.

This is the end (echo) There ain’t no more (echo)

Unless I meet (echo) That bear once more (echo)

(together) This is the end, there ain’t no more, unless I meet that bear once more.

I met that bear (echo) Again once more (echo)

Now he’s a rug (echo) On my bedroom floor (echo)

(together) I met that bear again once more, now he’s a rug on my bedroom floor.