But the man replied, “Trout-fishing’s fine,But shooting bears isn’t in my line.Take my advice and take your gunWhen you turn your steps towards Washington.”They shook his hand both long and tightAnd said they’d leave that very night.They could get a train, they said, at fourFor Washington and Baltimore.
But the man replied, “Trout-fishing’s fine,But shooting bears isn’t in my line.Take my advice and take your gunWhen you turn your steps towards Washington.”They shook his hand both long and tightAnd said they’d leave that very night.They could get a train, they said, at fourFor Washington and Baltimore.
But the man replied, “Trout-fishing’s fine,But shooting bears isn’t in my line.Take my advice and take your gunWhen you turn your steps towards Washington.”They shook his hand both long and tightAnd said they’d leave that very night.They could get a train, they said, at fourFor Washington and Baltimore.
But the man replied, “Trout-fishing’s fine,But shooting bears isn’t in my line.
But the man replied, “Trout-fishing’s fine,
But shooting bears isn’t in my line.
Take my advice and take your gunWhen you turn your steps towards Washington.”
Take my advice and take your gun
When you turn your steps towards Washington.”
They shook his hand both long and tightAnd said they’d leave that very night.
They shook his hand both long and tight
And said they’d leave that very night.
They could get a train, they said, at fourFor Washington and Baltimore.
They could get a train, they said, at four
For Washington and Baltimore.
They tramped along a country pikeAnd wished for horses, train or bike,Till they met a lad on his way from school,Whom they stopped to question about a ruleTo multiply and square and add,And what teachers did with lessons bad,And who made spelling and what ’twas for,And the day and hour of the next big war,And what athletics were all about,And where figures go when you rub them out,And why the moon isn’t always round,And the difference between a noise and sound,And on a fence, how long ’twould takeTo rest an hour or a dinner bake,And how things inside the earth were done,But the lad couldn’t answer a single one.Said TEDDY-G: “If it doesn’t rain,And you’ll tell us where to get a trainAnd the fare to pay and how long the runFrom the place you name to Washington,And your age and weight and greatest height,And two bears you know that never bite,I’ll give you a dollar, quick as wink,And let you have it before you think.”
They tramped along a country pikeAnd wished for horses, train or bike,Till they met a lad on his way from school,Whom they stopped to question about a ruleTo multiply and square and add,And what teachers did with lessons bad,And who made spelling and what ’twas for,And the day and hour of the next big war,And what athletics were all about,And where figures go when you rub them out,And why the moon isn’t always round,And the difference between a noise and sound,And on a fence, how long ’twould takeTo rest an hour or a dinner bake,And how things inside the earth were done,But the lad couldn’t answer a single one.Said TEDDY-G: “If it doesn’t rain,And you’ll tell us where to get a trainAnd the fare to pay and how long the runFrom the place you name to Washington,And your age and weight and greatest height,And two bears you know that never bite,I’ll give you a dollar, quick as wink,And let you have it before you think.”
They tramped along a country pikeAnd wished for horses, train or bike,Till they met a lad on his way from school,Whom they stopped to question about a ruleTo multiply and square and add,And what teachers did with lessons bad,And who made spelling and what ’twas for,And the day and hour of the next big war,And what athletics were all about,And where figures go when you rub them out,And why the moon isn’t always round,And the difference between a noise and sound,And on a fence, how long ’twould takeTo rest an hour or a dinner bake,And how things inside the earth were done,But the lad couldn’t answer a single one.
They tramped along a country pike
And wished for horses, train or bike,
Till they met a lad on his way from school,
Whom they stopped to question about a rule
To multiply and square and add,
And what teachers did with lessons bad,
And who made spelling and what ’twas for,
And the day and hour of the next big war,
And what athletics were all about,
And where figures go when you rub them out,
And why the moon isn’t always round,
And the difference between a noise and sound,
And on a fence, how long ’twould take
To rest an hour or a dinner bake,
And how things inside the earth were done,
But the lad couldn’t answer a single one.
Said TEDDY-G: “If it doesn’t rain,And you’ll tell us where to get a trainAnd the fare to pay and how long the runFrom the place you name to Washington,And your age and weight and greatest height,And two bears you know that never bite,I’ll give you a dollar, quick as wink,And let you have it before you think.”
Said TEDDY-G: “If it doesn’t rain,
And you’ll tell us where to get a train
And the fare to pay and how long the run
From the place you name to Washington,
And your age and weight and greatest height,
And two bears you know that never bite,
I’ll give you a dollar, quick as wink,
And let you have it before you think.”
Though he never learned this dollar trickThe lad was bright and he answered quick,And they said good-bye and it didn’t rainTill they stepped on board their Pullman train.Said TEDDY-G, as he lit his pipe,And bought some apples red and ripe,And settled down in an easy seatWith a resting-place for both his feet,“I’m tired of clothes; I’m tired of fun;When I see the town of WashingtonI’m off again for the woolly West;I like the mountains much the best;I want to live as free as air;I’m satisfied to be a bear.”
Though he never learned this dollar trickThe lad was bright and he answered quick,And they said good-bye and it didn’t rainTill they stepped on board their Pullman train.Said TEDDY-G, as he lit his pipe,And bought some apples red and ripe,And settled down in an easy seatWith a resting-place for both his feet,“I’m tired of clothes; I’m tired of fun;When I see the town of WashingtonI’m off again for the woolly West;I like the mountains much the best;I want to live as free as air;I’m satisfied to be a bear.”
Though he never learned this dollar trickThe lad was bright and he answered quick,And they said good-bye and it didn’t rainTill they stepped on board their Pullman train.
Though he never learned this dollar trick
The lad was bright and he answered quick,
And they said good-bye and it didn’t rain
Till they stepped on board their Pullman train.
Said TEDDY-G, as he lit his pipe,And bought some apples red and ripe,And settled down in an easy seatWith a resting-place for both his feet,“I’m tired of clothes; I’m tired of fun;When I see the town of WashingtonI’m off again for the woolly West;I like the mountains much the best;I want to live as free as air;I’m satisfied to be a bear.”
Said TEDDY-G, as he lit his pipe,
And bought some apples red and ripe,
And settled down in an easy seat
With a resting-place for both his feet,
“I’m tired of clothes; I’m tired of fun;
When I see the town of Washington
I’m off again for the woolly West;
I like the mountains much the best;
I want to live as free as air;
I’m satisfied to be a bear.”
“But you forget,” said TEDDY-B,“That all these things we came East to seeWere made by the brains of every climeTo keep folks working all the time.”“That’s all right,” said TEDDY-G,“They can work ahead, but as for meI don’t believe that bears were madeTo be busy always at a trade.”
“But you forget,” said TEDDY-B,“That all these things we came East to seeWere made by the brains of every climeTo keep folks working all the time.”“That’s all right,” said TEDDY-G,“They can work ahead, but as for meI don’t believe that bears were madeTo be busy always at a trade.”
“But you forget,” said TEDDY-B,“That all these things we came East to seeWere made by the brains of every climeTo keep folks working all the time.”
“But you forget,” said TEDDY-B,
“That all these things we came East to see
Were made by the brains of every clime
To keep folks working all the time.”
“That’s all right,” said TEDDY-G,“They can work ahead, but as for meI don’t believe that bears were madeTo be busy always at a trade.”
“That’s all right,” said TEDDY-G,
“They can work ahead, but as for me
I don’t believe that bears were made
To be busy always at a trade.”