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