The Dancing Bear

[Verse:] Oh, it's fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee The dancing bear ran away with me For 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 Then 'twas fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee I looked at him, and he winked at me And I whispered a word in his shaggy ear And I said, "I will go with you, my dear." Then the dancing bear he smiled and said Well, he didn't say much, but he nodded his head As the organ-grinder began to play "Over the hills and far away." With a fiddle-de-dum and a fiddle-de-dee Oh, I looked at him and he winked at me And my heart was light and the day was fair And away I went with the dancing bear Oh, ’tis fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee The dancing bear came back with me For the sugar-plum trees were stripped and bare And we couldn't find cookies anywhere And the solemn old fellow he sighed and said Well, he didn't say much, but he shook his head While I looked at him and he blinked at me Till I shed a tear and so did he And both of us thought of our supper that lay Over the hills and far away Then the dancing bear he took my hand And we hurried away through the twilight land And 'twas fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee When the dancing bear came back with me