The Bear And the Maiden Fair - The Hold Steady

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 right to the fair

Oh sweet she was and pure and fair

The maid with honey up in her hair

He smelled her 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 on the summer air

The bear the bear

The maiden fair

Oh I'm a maid and I'm pure and fair

I'll never dance with a hairy bear

I called a knight but you're a bear

All black and brown and covered in hair

He lifted her high in the air

He sniffed and roared and he smelled her there

She kicked and wailed the maid so fair

He licked the honey all up in her hair

From there to here

From here to there

All black and brown and covered in hair

He smelled that girl on the summer air

The bear the bear

The maiden fair

And the bear the bear

The maiden fair

And the bear the bear

She sighed and she squealed and she kicked the air

Then she sang

My bear My bear so fair

And off they went into the summer air

The bear the bear

And the maiden fair

From there to here

From here to there

All black and brown and covered in hair

He smelled that girl on the summer air

The bear the bear

The maiden fair

And the bear the bear

The maiden fair

And the bear the bear

The maiden fair

And the bear the bear