The other day 
I met a bear 
Out in the woods 
Oh way 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
I said to him 
That's a good idea 
So come on feet 
Away from here
And so I ran 
Away from there 
But right behind 
Me was that bear
And then I see 
Ahead of me 
A great big tree 
Oh, glory be!
The lowest 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 
A way up there
Now don't you fret 
Now don't you frown 
'Cause I caught that branch 
On the way back down
This is the end
There ain't no more 
Until I meet 
That bear once more