The other day, (The other day)
I met a bear, (I met a bear)
Away up there, (Away up there)
A great big bear! (A great big bear!)
The other day I met a bear,
A great big bear 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)
And missed that branch (And missed that branch)
Away up there (Away up there)
And so I jumped into the air,
And missed that branch away 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 is no more (There is no more)
Until I meet (Until I meet)
That bear once more (That bear once more)
That’s all there is, there is no more,
Until I meet that bear once more!