A 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
Up to the fair


Oh! sweet she was
And pure and fair

The maid with honey
Up in her hair


He smelled her all
On 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 summer air

The bear, the bear
And maiden fair


Oh I'm a maid
And I'm pure and fair
I'll never dance

With a hairy bear

I called the 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 summer air
The bear, the bear

And maiden fair