BEAR HUNT
(Chant)

Also known as Lion Hunt. Through this whole song, you sing with you tongue sticking out.

We’re going on a bear hunt
Are you ready?
O.K.
Let’s Go!
We’re coming to some tall grass!

Can't go over it!
Can't go under it!
Can't go around it!
Gotta go through it!

(action – parting long grass)

We’re going on a bear hunt
Are you ready?
O.K.
Let’s Go!
We’re coming to some Icky, sticky, mud!

Can't go over it!
Can't go under it!
Can't go through it!
Gotta go through it!

(action – slogging through mud)

We’re going on a bear hunt
Are you ready?
O.K.
Let’s Go!
We’re coming to a river!

Can't go over it!
Can't go under it!
Can't go around it!
Guess we gotta swim it!

(action - swimming)

We’re going on a bear hunt
Are you ready?
O.K.
Let’s Go!
We’re coming to some tall trees!

Can't go over them!
Can't go under them!
Can't go around them!
Guess we gotta climb them!

(action – climbing up a tree and down the
other side)

We’re going on a bear hunt
Are you ready?
O.K.
Let’s Go!
We’re coming to a dark cave!

Can't go over it!
Can't go under it!
Can't go around it!
Gotta go through it!

(next verse – very, very quietly, as if you
were scared of the cave)

We’re going on a bear hunt
Are you ready?
O.K.
Let’s Go!
Look in the cave!

Big, fuzzy nose ahead
Two green eyes ahead
Long, sharp teeth ahead...
It's a BEAR!
RUN!

(action – slapping on knees goes very fast, as if you were running…go through all of the
obstacles in reverse order and as fast as you can, with more slapping of hands on thighs in between each obstacle.)

Out of the cave! Run! - Under the trees! - Run! Over the river! Run! - Around the mud! Run!

Through the grass! Run! - Home at last! Whew!

2008(?). CAMPFIRE SONGS. Downloaded April 20, 2008 from www.indianpathfinders.com/pdfs/PATHFINDER%20SONGS.pdf

Didn't realize there were non-rugby children's versions.

Saved copy preserved here: CAMPFIRE SONGS