the preacher and the bear

Singer:ray stevens

the preacher went out a huntin'

it was on one sunday morn'

it was against his religion

but he took a shotgun along

he got himself a mess a' mighty fine quail and one old scraggly hare

and on the way home he crossed the path of a great big grizzly bear

well the bear got down lookin' ready to charge

the preacher never seen nothin' quite that large

they looked each other right smack in the eye

didn't take that preacher long to say bye

the preacher he run till he spotted a tree

he said up in that tree's where i auta be"

Lyric Context: the preacher and the bear - ray stevens