bear there was
a bear, a bear

All black and brown
and covered in hair

Three boys, a goat
and a dancing bear

They danced and spun
right to the fair

How sweet she was
so pure and fair

The maid with honey
up in her hair

He smelled her all
in the summer air

The maid with honey
up in her hair

From there to here
from here to there

All black and brown
and covered in hair

He smelled that girl
in the summer air

The bear, the bear
The maiden fair

Oh, I'm a maid
and I'm pure and fair

I'll never dance
with a hairy bear

I called a knight
but you're a bear

All black and brown
and covered in hair

From there to here
from here to there

All black and brown
and covered in hair

He smelled that girl
in the summer air

The bear, the bear
The maiden fair.