THE PREACHER AND THE BEAR
(Arzonia)

A preacher went out a hunting
twas on one Sunday morn,
Of course it was against his religion
but he took his gun along.
He shot himself some very fine quail
and one big measly hare,
And on his way returning home
he met a great big grizzly bear,
The bear marched out in the middle of the road
and he waltzed up to him you see,
Then he got so excited,
that he climbed a persimmon tree,
The bear sat down upon the ground
while he climbed way out on a limb,
He cast his eyes to the God in the skies
and these words he said to him:

Chorus:
Oh Lord, didn't you deliver Daniel from the Lion's den?
Also deliver Jonah from the belly of the whale and then,
Three Hebrew children from the fiery furnace
so the good books do declare,
Now Lord, if you can't help me
for goodness sake don't you help that bear.

This preacher stayed up in that tree
I think it was all night,
He says, "Oh Lord, if you don't help that bear
then you'll see one awful fight,
Just about then the limb let go,
the preacher came tumbling down,
You should have seen him get his razor out
before he struck the ground,
He hit the ground cutting right and left,
'tis true he put up a very game fight,
The bear then started hugging,
he squeezed him a little too tight,
The preacher then lost his razor
but the bear held on with a vim,
He cast his eyes to the God in the skies
and once more he said to him:

Repeat Chorus

by Joe Arizona

Coralena, Thanks for your reply. Since then, my local
library helped me find the original verse and music.
They want me to come back and sing it for them!! I don't
think so, but thought maybe you would like the whole
version.