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A bear there was, a bear, a bear! |
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All black and brown, and covered with hair! |
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The bear! The bear! |
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Oh, come, they said, oh come to the fair! |
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The fair? Said he, but I'm a bear! |
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All black, and brown, and covered with hair! |
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And Down the road from here to there. |
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From here! To There! |
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Three boys, a goat, and a dancing bear! |
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[He] danced and spun, all the way to the Fair! |
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The Fair! The Fair! |
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Oh, sweet she was, and pure, and fair! |
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The maid with honey in her hair! |
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Her hair! Her hair! |
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The maid with honey in her hair! |
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[The bear,] smelled the scent on the summer air. |
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The bear! The bear! |
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All black and brown and covered with hair. |
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He smelled the scent on the summer air! |
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He sniffed and roared and smelled it there! |
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Honey on the summer air! |
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Oh, I'm a maid, and I'm pure and fair! |
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I'll never dance with a hairy bear! |
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A bear! A bear! |
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I'll never dance with a hairy bear! |
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He lifted her high into the air! |
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The bear! The bear! |
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I called for a knight, but you're a bear! |
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A bear! A bear! |
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All black and brown and covered with hair! |
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She kicked and wailed, the maid so fair, |
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But he licked the honey from her hair, |
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Her hair! Her hair! |
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Then she sighed and squealed and kicked the air! |
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My bear! She sang. My bear so fair! |
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And off they went, from here to there, |
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The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair. |