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Thread #2255 Message #3791910
Posted By: GUEST,Jenny Wig
24-May-16 - 12:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mr. Bear (Johnson/Blaney)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mr. Bear
My mother sang this to me in the late forties. She sang
Daddy turns the light off as he tucks me up in bed And he kisses me before he goes He says the angel keeps His darling while she sleeps But do you think the angel knows That every night when daddy's gone And slams the study door There's a grumpy little noise upon the stair And I shiver in my byes As I close my sleepy eyes In a fright That it might be a bear.
Are you there Mr Bear Don't you dare to bite from me For I shall scream and very quick My papa will fetch a stick And he's not afraid of bears. Not he. So if you want a little baby girl And you're hungry and you can't wait any more I can tell you where there's plenty Have a try at number twenty Go and bite the little girl next door.
Verse 2 as above.
No one ever among my friends has heard of this song. I am 73. It would be a shame if it faded away.