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Natalie Merchant
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The Dancing Bear
(*Albert Bigelow Paine) [** Disc 1:]
Oh, it's fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee* The dancing bear ran away with me And the organ-grinder he came to town With a jolly old bear in a coat of brown
And the funny old chap joined hands with me While I cut a caper and so did he
With the fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee I looked at him, and he looked at me I whispered a word in his shaggy ear I said, 'I will go with you, my dear'
Oh, it's fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee The dancing bear ran away with me And the organ-grinder he came to town With a jolly old bear in a coat of brown
And the dancing bear he smiled and said Well, he didn't say much, but he nodded his head And the organ-grinder he began to play 'Over the hills and far away'
With a fiddle-de-dum and a fiddle-de-dee I looked at him and he winked at me And my heart was light and the day was fair I went away with the dancing bear
Oh, it's fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee The dancing bear came back with me For the sugar-plum trees were all stripped and bare And we couldn't find a sugar cookie anywhere
And the solemn old fellow he sighed and said Well, he didn't say much, but he shook his head I looked at him and he blinked at me I shed a tear and so did he And we both thought of our supper that lay Over the hills and far away
Then the dancing bear he took my hand We hurried away through the twilight land Then the fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee When the dancing bear came back with me
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