The other day
(The other day)
I met a bear
(I met a bear)
Up in the woods
(Up in the woods)
way up there!
(way up there!)

The other day I met a bear,
Up in the woods 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 [bad word] 
(“Why don’t [bad word] )
I see you don’t
(I see you don’t)
Have any gun”
(Have any gun”)

He said to me, “Why don’t [bad word] 
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)
great big tree
(great big tree)
Oh, golly gee!
(Oh, golly gee!)

Ahead of me there was a tree,
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 [bad word] my luck
(And [bad word] my luck)

The lowest branch was ten feet up,
I had to jump and [bad word] my luck.

And so I jumped
(And so I jumped)
Into the air
(Into the air)
But I missed that branch
(But I missed that branch)
On the way up there
(On the way up there)

And so I jumped into the air,
But I missed that branch on the way 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 ain’t no more
(There ain’t no more)
Until I meet
(Until I meet)
That bear once more
(That bear once more)

That’s all there is, there ain’t no more,
Until I meet that bear once more.