The Bear & the Maiden Fair - The Hold Steady

[00:01.18]A bear there was a bear a bear
[00:04.72]All black and brown and covered in hair
[00:08.43]Three boys a goat and a dancing bear
[00:11.82]They danced and spun right to the fair
[00:15.52]Oh sweet she was and pure and fair
[00:19.19]The maid with honey up in her hair
[00:22.78]He smelled her on the summer air
[00:26.40]The maid with honey up in her hair
[00:29.78]From there to here
[00:31.18]From here to there
[00:33.16]All black and brown and covered in hair
[00:36.81]He smelled that girl on the summer air
[00:40.50]The bear the bear
[00:42.18]The maiden fair
[00:43.69]Oh I'm a maid and I'm pure and fair
[00:48.39]I'll never dance with a hairy bear
[00:52.01]I called a knight but you're a bear
[00:55.47]All black and brown and covered in hair
[00:59.36]He lifted her high in the air
[01:03.03]He sniffed and roared and he smelled her there
[01:06.60]She kicked and wailed the maid so fair
[01:10.34]He licked the honey all up in her hair
[01:13.78]From there to here
[01:15.33]From here to there
[01:17.21]All black and brown and covered in hair
[01:20.87]He smelled that girl on the summer air
[01:24.51]The bear the bear
[01:26.27]The maiden fair
[01:27.71]And the bear the bear
[01:30.29]The maiden fair
[01:31.87]And the bear the bear
[01:36.58]She sighed and she squealed and she kicked the air
[01:40.21]Then she sang
[01:40.83]My bear My bear so fair
[01:44.24]And off they went into the summer air
[01:47.97]The bear the bear
[01:49.99]And the maiden fair
[02:20.85]From there to here
[02:22.29]From here to there
[02:24.17]All black and brown and covered in hair
[02:27.84]He smelled that girl on the summer air
[02:31.43]The bear the bear
[02:33.27]The maiden fair
[02:34.79]And the bear the bear
[02:37.11]The maiden fair
[02:38.72]And the bear the bear
[02:41.20]The maiden fair
[02:42.56]And the bear the bear