Song -- "The Other Day -- I Saw (met) A Bear"

This song came into my head tonight.   : )

My Mom used to sing it on a lot of different occasions, and I remember her teaching this song to the various groups of kids I was with, when I was young (and all the way through my teenage years).

These are the words my Mom would sing:

I'll highlight in pink the words which she would sing, which are different than the song which I will give the link to:

"The other day -- I saw a bear.  A great big bear -- a way up there.

The other day I saw a bear...... A great big bear a way up there.

(I don't remember singing the part about "He looked at me, I looked at him, but maybe my Mom sang those words too........)

He said to me -- You'd better run.... I see you ain't..... got any gun.

He said to me you'd better run......... I see you ain't got any gun.

And so I ran..... Away from there......... and right behind.... me was that bear....

And so I ran away from there....... and right behind me was that bear.

Ahead of me -- there was a tree -- A great big tree -- Oh lucky me!

Ahead of me there was a tree....... A great big tree, oh lucky me!

The nearest branch... was 10 feet up.  I'd have to jump....... and chance my luck......

The nearest branch was 10 feet up......... I'd have to jump and chance my luck.

And so I jumped, into the air -- and missed that branch -- a way up there.

And so I jumped into the air -- and missed that branch a way up there.

Now don't you fret -- and don't you frown -- I caught that branch -- on my way down.

Now don't you fret and don't you frown......... I caught that branch on my way down.

The moral of......... this story is..........  (I can't remember!)

The moral of this story is...........".  (I'll have to ask my Mom!)

Enjoy this version!  (It's almost just as good.)   : )

I Saw A Bear (song)