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"The Other Day I Met a Bear"
Song

"The Other Day I Met a Bear" (also known as "The Bear in the Forest" or "Bear in Tennis Shoes") is a traditional American camp song, sung as an echo song.

The music was composed in 1919 by Carey Morgan and Lee David to accompany lyrics for "Sipping Cider Through a Straw". A similar or related tune is used for "Princess Pat".

"The Other Day I Met a Bear" is one of the songs sung by Barney the dinosaur on the 1990 children's video Campfire Sing-along except it was shortened to 4 stanzas instead of 10. The 2007 album For the Kids Three! includes a version of the song by Barenaked Ladies.[2]

In Japanese, the song is known as "Mori no Kuma-san" (森のくまさん), with lyrics written by Yoshihiro Baba. It is on the soundtrack to the film version of Ranma ½ (1991). Sex Machineguns recorded a version of "Mori no Kuma-san" on their 2009 album 45° Angle.

References

  1. ^ Seiryou (2 February 2010). "Sex Machineguns in Kanazawa AZ". JaME World. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  2. ^ "For the Kids Three!". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
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