The Other Day I Met A Bear

The other day (the other day)
I met a bear (I met a bear)
A great big bear (a great big bear)
A-way out there (a-way out there)

The other day, I met a bear
A great big bear, a-way out there

He said to me (he said to me)
Why don't you run (why don't you run)
I see you ain't (I see you ain't)
Got any gun (got any gun)

He said to me, why don't you run
I see you ain't got any gun

And so I ran (and so I ran)
Away from there (away from there)
But right behind (but right behind)
Me was that bear (me was that bear)

And so I ran away from there
But right behind me was that bear

Ahead of me (ahead of me)
There was a tree (there was a tree)
A great big tree (great big tree)
O Glory be (Glory be)

Ahead of me, there was a tree
A great big tree, O Glory be

The nearest branch (the nearest branch)
Was ten feet up (ten feet!)
I'd have to jump (ten feet!)
And trust my luck (ten feet!)

The nearest branch was ten feet up
I'd have to jump and trust my luck

And so I jumped (and so I jumped)
Into the air (into the air) (Ooh)
But I missed that branch (Are you suprised?)
A-way up there (I mean, come on)

And so I jumped into the air
But I missed that branch a-way up there

Now don't you fret (don't fret!)
Now don't you frown (don't frown!)
'Cause I caught that branch (that branch!)
On the way back down (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 (this is the end)
There ain't no more (bye)
Unless I meet (unless I meet)
That bear once more (that bear once more)

This is the end there ain't no more
Unless I meet that bear once more

And so I met (and so I met)
That bear once more (that bear once more)
He's just a rug (he's just a rug)
On my living room floor (on my living room floor)

And so I met that bear once more
He's just a rug on my living room floor