The other day (The other day) I met a bear (I met a bear) Up in the woods (Up in the woods) A way up there! (A way up there!)
The other day I met a bear, Up in the woods a way up there!
He looked at me (He looked at me) I looked at him (I looked at him) He sized up me (He sized up me) I sized up him (I sized up him)
He looked at me, I looked at him, He sized up me, I sized up him.
He said to me (He said to me) "Why don’t you run? (“Why don’t you run?) I see you don’t (I see you don’t) Have any gun” (Have any gun”)
He said to me, “Why don’t you run? I see you don’t have any gun.”
And so I ran (And so I ran) Away from there (Away from there) And right behind (And right behind) Me was that bear (Me was that bear)
And so I ran away from there, And right behind me was a that bear.
Ahead of me (Ahead of me) I saw a tree (I saw a tree) A great big tree (A great big tree) Oh, golly gee! (Oh, golly gee!)
Ahead of me there was a tree, A great big tree, oh, golly gee!
The lowest branch (The lowest branch) Was ten feet up (Was ten feet up) I had to jump (I had to jump) And trust my luck (And trust my luck)
The lowest branch was ten feet up, I had to jump and trust my luck.
And so I jumped (And so I jumped) Into the air (Into the air) But I missed that branch (But I missed that branch) On the way up there (On the way up there)
And so I jumped into the air, But I missed that branch on the way up there.
Now don’t you fret (Now don’t you fret) And don’t you frown (And don’t you frown) I caught that branch (I caught that branch) On the way back down (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 (That’s all there is) There ain’t no more (There ain’t no more) Until I meet (Until I meet) That bear once more (That bear once more)
That’s all there is, there ain’t no more, Until I meet that bear once more.