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The other day .... I saw a bear 
Up in the woods Away up there 
 
Chorus repeats the verse: 
 
The other day I saw a bear, 
Up in the woods away up there. 
 
He looked at me....  
I looked at him 
He sized me up  
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 
And right behind  
Was that big bear 
 
But up ahead  
There was a tree 
A great big tree  
Oh glory me 
 
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  
And don't you frown 
'Cause I caught that branch  
On the way back down 
 
Well, later I met  
That bear once more 
But he was just  
A rug on the floor 
 
This is the end  
There ain't no more 
Unless I meet  
A BEAR once more 
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