The other day
I met a bear
A great big bear
Away out there

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 ain't
Got any gun!"

And so I ran
Away from there
But right behind
Me was that bear!

Ahead of me
There was a tree
A great big tree
Oh, glory be!

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

And so I jumped
Into the air
But I missed that branch
Away up there!

Now don't you fret
Now don't you frown
'Cause I caught that branch
On the way back down!

That is the end
There ain't no more
Unless I meet
That bear once more!