Claire's Song Lyrics

Where's he gone now?

Oh, no! Not there!

He's jumped into the hedgerow!

My Black Bear

How am I going to fetch him

Out of there?

It's as thorny as a cactus

My Black Bear

I'll tear my pretty trousers

My new pair

They'll be holy as a Swiss cheese

My Black Bear

I'll skin my lovely elbows

White and fair

Such a sight I'll be to see then

My Black Bear

I'll have a dozen burdocks

In my hair

Then no one will want to kiss me

My Black Bear

I'll prob'ly die an old maid

A lot you care

I'll just leave you in that hedgerow

My Black Bear

(Instrumental solo)

Ah here, give us your paw then

Come to Claire

Or else my bed is empty

My Black Bear