Bear In The Woods
Words & Music:
Traditional American
This and "Cider Through
A Straw" have the exact same tune.
CALL: RESPONSE:
C
The other day, The
other day,
C
I saw a bear. I
saw a bear.
G7
Up in the woods Up
in the woods
C
A-way up there. A-way
up there.
BOTH PARTS TOGETHER:
C
The other day I saw a bear,
C F G7 C
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 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.
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 that bear.
In front of me, In
front of me,
There was a tree There
was a tree
A great big tree A
great big tree
Oh, Lordy, me! Oh,
Lordy, me!
In front of me there was a tree.
A great big tree, oh, Lordy me!
The nearest branch The
nearest 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 nearest 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
And missed that branch And
missed that branch
A-way up there. A-way
up there.
And so I jumped into the air
And missed that branch a-way up there.
Now, don't you fret, Now,
don't you fret,
Now, don't you frown. Now,
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, now, don't you frown.
I caught that branch on the way back down.
This is the end, This
is the end,
There ain't no more. There
ain't no more.
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.
The end, the end, The
end, the end,
The end, the end, The
end, the end,
The end, the end, The
end, the end,
The end, the end, The
end, the end,
The end, the end, the end, the end,
The end, the end, the end, the end,
THE END!!!!