I met a bear
a great big bear
I met a bear
a way up there
I looked at him
He looked at me
I sized up him
He sized up me
He said to me
Why don’t you run?
’cause I can see
you’ve got no gun
And so I ran
away from there
and right behind
me was that bear
I saw a tree
a great big tree
I saw a tree
Oh, lucky me.
The nearest branch
was ten feet up
I’d have to jump
and chance to luck
And so I jumped
into the air
and missed that branch
up in the air
Now don’t you fret
now don’t you frown
I caught that branch
on the way down
Then I got scared
at what I saw
’cause that ole bear
got a chainsaw
He cut my tree
he cut it down
he cut my tree
down to the ground
And so I jumped
into the lake
and lost the bear
but found a snake
The snake saw me
and I saw him
and then I sank
’cause I can’t swim
Down, down I sank
into the lake
and right behind
me was that snake
Then he turned back
with fangs and all
what scared him was
the waterfall
One hundred feet
is pretty tall
but a sharp rock
it broke my fall
Then I crawled out
into the swamp
and I stood up
when I heard “CHOMP.”
That’s not the end
now don’t get sore
another night
we’ll tell you more
When I looked down,
what did I see?
A crocodile
had hold of me.
And then I thought
“This can’t get worse.”
Then it got worse
than the last verse.
The crocodile
called seven more
and with my legs
played tug-a-war.
Out to the sea
the crocs dragged me
out to the sea
unlucky me
Then they turned back
Oh, happy day…
a great white shark
scared them away
The shark rushed in
its jaws were wide
I saw its teeth
and deep inside
That’s not the end
now don’t get sore
another night
we’ll tell you more
And then I thought
“Now I am dead.”
When I woke up
safe in my bed
I was at camp
safe as could be
my counselor
was calling me
Come on, wake up
You sleepy head
It’s time to rise
Get out of bed
Let’s have some fun
You won’t guess where
We’ll take a hike
a way up there.