VERSE 1: 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 up to the fair Oh! Sweet she was, and pure and fair The maid with honey up in her hair He smelled her all 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 Smelt that girl on the summer air The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair VERSE 2 (same chords as first half of Verse 1): Oh I'm a maid and I'm pure and fair I'll never dance with a hairy bear I called the knight, but you're a bear All black and brown and covered in hair From there to here, from here to there All black and brown and covered in hair Smelt that girl on the summer air The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair