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        Oh boy, do I love bears, you can bet your life that I do, 
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        there ain't nothin' anywhere like a big, black bear  
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        as long as he's a mile away from you!  
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Well the first time I went campin' 
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just a napsack on my back 
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I hiked ten miles in to the bush 
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with a buddy by the name of Jack. 
 
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And old Jack, he was an expert 
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He'd been campin' for a whole lot of years 
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So all we took was some fishin' gear,  
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a skillet and a dozen beers. 
 
Well the day went great, went fishin' on the lake 
and we sure had a barrel of fun. 
About ten that night, just a little bit tight 
frying fillets in the setting sun. 
 
Found a patch of ground,  
and laid our sleeping bags down 
and we crawled in for the night. 
Woke up about three, staring down at me,  
was a shadow in the pale moonlight... 
(NO CHORD)  (THUMP 3 TIMES) 
It was a bear!   
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Great big mother of a bear! 
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I was up in a flash, I did the ten mile dash  
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and I never, ever went back there! 
 
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Well the next time I went campin' 
Took my brand new, water-proof tent 
to a campground full of people 
about the nicest place I ever went 
 
Had a cooler full of steaks and things 
and another one full of beer 
had plenty to eat had plenty to drink 
I could have stayed there for a year 
 
About two o'clock in the afternoon 
I stolled down to the lake 
I met a girl named Jan with a deep brown tan 
oh boy that was a break 
 
By ten that night we were snuggled up nice 
and the tent was zipped up tight 
I woke up about three, staring down at me,  
was a shadow in the pale moonlight... 
 
There was a great big hole 
in my brand new tent... 
 
It was a bear!  Great big mother of a bear! 
I was up in a flash, I did the hunderd mile dash  
and I never, ever went back there! 
 
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Well the last time I went campin' 
I was invited by a friend called Jake 
to a great, big, bear-proof cabin 
on a hill over looking a lake 
 
We dad booze and girls and a fireplace 
and music that could turn you on 
We had everything that a man could need 
except we didn't have an in-door john 
 
Well late that night 
my stomach didn't feel right 
and I new that I had to go 
 
Down the winding path  
to the little out-house 
about sixty yards or so 
 
Well my kness were knockin' 
but I just kept walkin' 
and I made it to the place alright 
 
When I finished my chore and opened the door 
There was a shadow in the pale moonlight... 
 
I didn't even have time to buckle my belt! 
 
It was a bear!  Great big mother of a bear! 
Soon I was runnin' through the trees 
with my pants around my knees  
and I never, ever went back there! 
 
Chorus 
 
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