Claude King - Ole Slew Foot lyrics

High up on the mountain tell me what you see Bear tracks bear tracks are lookin' back at me Better get your rifle boy before it's too late The bear's got a little big and headed through the gate He's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump Doin' ninety miles an hour takin' thirty feet a jump He ain't never been caught and he ain't never been treed Some folks say he looks a lot like me ( harmonica ) I saved up my money and bought me some bees They started makin' honey way up in the trees I cut down my tree and my honey's all gone Ole Slew Foot's done made himself at home He's big around the middle... ( harmonica ) Winter's comin' on and it's twenty below The river's froze over so where can he go We'll chase him up the gully and we'll run him in the well We shoot him at the bottom and we'll listen to him yell He's bigger round a middle...