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The Preacher and the Bear (A popular minstrel song form the 1800s)
A Preacher went out a-huntin’ was on one Sunday morn
It was against his religion, but he took his rifle along
He shot himself three mighty fine quail
and one little measly hare
And on his way returning home,
he met a great big Grizzly Bear
Now the bear marched out in the middle of the road
Right up to the Preacher you see
The Preacher got so excited, he climbed up a cinnamon tree
The bear sat down upon the ground,
the Preacher climbed out on a limb
Well he cast his eyes to the Lord in the skies, These words he said to Him
Oh Lordy, didn’t you deliver Daniel from the lion’s den
Also, deliver Jonah, from the belly of a whale and then
Three Hebrew children from the fiery furnace
so the Good Book do declare
Oh Lord, if you can’t help me,
Please don’t help that bear
Now the Preacher was up in that tree,
I think it was all night
He said Mr Bear if you bother me,
I’ll give you an awful fight
Just about that time the limb let go
and the Preacher came a-tumblin’ down You could see him getting his razor out
before he hit the ground
Now he hit the ground cuttin’ right and left, he put up a very good fight
Then the bear grabbed the Preacher,
and he squeezed him a little too tight
The Preacher dropped his razor, the bear held on with a vim
Well he cast his eyes to the Lord in the skies
These words he said to Him
They fought all the way to the river,
it was a terrible fight
That bear just kept a-hanging on,
but the Preacher was a-doing all right
He dragged that beast right down in the water it was three times in and out
Then the bear got up and he limped away and the Preacher began to shout
Oh, Lordy, didn’t you deliver] Daniel from the lion’s den
Also, deliver Jonah, from the belly of a whale, Amen,
And oh Lord, it may-not look like much from way up there,
But the hardest job I ever done was a-baptizing that bear.
Go to folkden.com and hear Roger McGuinn (one of the founding members of the Byrds) sing it.
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