The other day
I met a bear
A-way up there
A great big bear
The other day I met a bear
A great big bear a-way up there
He looked at me.
I looked at him.
He sized up me.
I sized up him.
He looked at me. I looked at him.
He sized up me. I sized up him.
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
And right behind
Me was that bear
And so I ran away from there
And right behind me was that bear
Ahead of me
I saw a tree
A great big tree
Oh, golly gee
Ahead of me I saw a tree
A great big tree, oh, golly gee
The lowest branch
Was 10 feet up
I had to jump
And trust my luck
The lowest branch was 10 feet up
I had to jump and trust my luck
And so I jumped
Into the air
And missed that branch
A-way up there
And so I jumped into the air
And missed that branch a-way up there
Now don’t you fret
And don’t you frown
I caught that branch
On the way back down
Now don’t you fret and don’t you frown
I caught that branch on the way back down
That’s all there is
There is no more
Until I meet
That bear once more
That’s all there is, there is no more
Until I meet that bear once more
The end, the end
The end, the end
The end, the end
The end, the end
The end, the end, the end, the end
This time it really is the end!