You never know what you’ll find when you go for a walk in the woods. This fun song for kids tells a tall tale about meeting a bear! Young and old alike will enjoy singing along with this campfire classic.

I Met a Bear Lyrics:

The other day (The other day)
I met a bear (I met a bear)
Up in the woods (Up in the woods)
A way up there (A way up there)
The other day I met a bear
Up in the woods, a way up there

He looked at me (He looked at me)
I looked at him (I looked at him)
He sized up me (He sized up me)
I sized up him (I sized up him)
He looked at me. I looked at him.
He sized up me. I sized up him.

He said to me (He said to me)
Why don't you run (Why don't you run)
I think that would (I think that would)
Be lots of fun (Be lots of fun)
He said to me, Why don't you run?
I think that would be lots of fun!

And so I ran (And so I ran)
Away from there (Away from there)
And right behind (And right behind)
Me was that bear (Me was that bear)
And so I ran away from there
And right behind me was that bear

Ahead of me (Ahead of me)
I saw a tree (I saw a tree)
A great big tree (A great big tree)
In front of me (In front of me)
Ahead of me I saw a tree
A great big tree in front of me

The lowest branch (The lowest branch)
Was ten feet up (Was ten feet up)
I had to jump (I had to jump)
And trust my luck (And trust my luck)
The lowest branch was ten feet up
I had to jump and trust my luck

And so I jumped (And so I jumped)
Into the air (Into the air)
And missed that branch (And missed that branch)
A way up there (A way up there)
And so I jumped into the air
And missed that branch a way up there

Now don't you fret (Now don't you fret)
And don't you frown (And don't you frown)
I caught that branch (I caught that branch)
On the way back down (On the way back down)
Now don't you fret and don't you frown
I caught that branch on the way back down

That's all there is (That's all there is)
There is no more (There is no more)
Until I meet (Until I meet)
That bear once more (That bear once more)
That's all there is, there is no more
Until I meet that bear once more


The end, the end (The end, the end)
The end, the end (The end, the end)
The end, the end (The end, the end)
The end, the end (The end, the end)
The end, the end, the end, the end
This time it really is the end!