The Mamas & Papas - Dancing Bear (From `Single Hits`)

I wouldn't want to be a chimney sweep
All black from head to foot
From climbing in them chimneys
And cleaning out that soot
With a broom and ladder and pail
The darkened walls I scale -
And farand highI see a patch of sky

I'd rather be the gypsy
I'd rather be the gypsy
Whose camped at the edge of town -
Camped at the edge of town
The one who has the dancing bear
That follows him around
And he lifts his big foot up
He puts his big foot down
And bowsand twirls
And dances 'round and 'round

I found I was a cabin boy last night as I did dream -
Bound upon a magic ship for a land I'd never seen
And the moon she filled our sails
And the stars they steered our course
And on our bow there was a golden horse

The queen eats fruit and candy the bishop nuts and cheese
And when I am a grown man, I'll taste just what I please -
The honey from the bee, the shellfish from the sea
The earth, the wind, a girl, someone to share these things with me

I wouldn't want to be a chimney sweep, etc
I'd rather be the gypsy, etc
I dreamed I was a cabin boy, etc
I wouldn't want to be a chimney sweep
All black from head to foot
From climbing in them chimneys
And cleaning out that soot
With a broom and ladder and pail
The darkened walls I scale -
And farand highI see a patch of sky

I'd rather be the gypsy
I'd rather be the gypsy
Whose camped at the edge of town -
Camped at the edge of town
The one who has the dancing bear
That follows him around
And he lifts his big foot up
He puts his big foot down
And bowsand twirls
And dances 'round and 'round

I found I was a cabin boy last night as I did dream -
Bound upon a magic ship for a land I'd never seen
And the moon she filled our sails
And the stars they steered our course
And on our bow there was a golden horse

The queen eats fruit and candy the bishop nuts and cheese
And when I am a grown man, I'll taste just what I please -
The honey from the bee, the shellfish from the sea
The earth, the wind, a girl, someone to share these things with me

I wouldn't want to be a chimney sweep, etc
I'd rather be the gypsy, etc
I dreamed I was a cabin boy, etc
THE MAMAS and THE PAPAS dancing bear

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The Mamas & the Papas - 08 - Dancing Bear

Greatest Hits Greatest hits album by The Mamas & the Papas Released March 10, 1998 The Mamas & the Papas Greatest Hits album is a compilation of hits ...

The Mamas and the Papas Dancing Bear

I wouldn't want to be a chimney sweep All black from head to foot From climbing in them chimneys And cleaning out that soot. With a broom and ladder and pail, ...

"Dancing Bear" (Mamas & The Papas Cover) by joseph st.esprit

This is a cover I did of The Mama's and The Papas song "Dancing Bear". Written (I believe) in 1967. One of my favorite Mamas & papas songs.

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