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Thread #4120   Message #21922
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21-Feb-98 - 11:11 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Preacher and the Bear
Subject: Preacher and the bear
There is a song that starts: A preacher went huntin' one Sunday mornin' and it certainly was agin' his will. He took along a shotgun For to kill him a couple of quail. Well, he killed an eagle, and he killed an owl and I think he killed a hare But on his way returnin' home, he met a grizzly bear.

I only heard it from my now dead grandfather. I was 15 and overseas when he died. He was from the deep south and sang this song as "A 'N*****" went huntin' one Sunday mornin'", but I heard somewhere that it was really written about a preacher (which would make more sense.) I have been unable to find the words, and have forgotten a few verses.

Anyone else know of it? Would like to pass down the CORRECT version to my kids (little revisionist history) telling them this was sung by their great grandfather whom they never met.

Thanx - - -