The other day..
I met a bear..
I met a bear..
out in the woods..
out in the woods..
away out there..
away out there..

The other day I met a bear…
out in the woods away out there…

He said to me..
He said to me..
Why don't you run??..
Why don't you run??..
Cause I see you ain't..
Cause I see you ain't..
got any gun..
got any gun..

He said to me why don’t you run…
Cause I see you ain’t got any gun…

And so I ran..
And so I ran..
Away from there..
Away from there..
But right behind..
But right behind..
Me was that bear..
Me was that bear..

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

And then I see
And then I see
Ahead of me
Ahead of me
A great big tree..
A great big tree..
O glory be..
O glory be..

And then I see ahead of me
A great big tree O glory be...

The lowest branch..
The lowest branch..
Was ten feet up..
Was ten feet up..
I’d have to Jump..
I’d have to Jump..
And trust to luck..
And trust to luck..
The lowest branch was ten feet up…
I’d have to jump and trust to 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..
Cause I caught that branch..
Cause I caught that branch..
On the way back down..
On the way back down..

Now don’t you fret and don’t you frown…
Cause 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..
With that bear once more..
With that bear once more..

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

means to echo
means all sing