ReQ Words/Chords Waltzing With Bears
Barrie McCombs
tacked on the end.
- Barrie
WALTZING WITH BEARS Time: 3/4 Tenor: G Bass: G
- Dale Marxen, 1986
- Record: Evans & Doherty, At The Lunenberg Folk Festival
- Record: Robbie Clement, The Magic Place
CHORUS:
1 * 4 1
He goes wa-wa-wa wa-wa waltzing with bears
5 * 4 1
Raggy bears, baggy bears, shaggy bears too
* * * 6m *
There's nothing on earth, Uncle Walter won't do____
4 1 4 1
So he can go waltzing, wa-wa-wa waltzing
4 1 5 1 *
So he can go waltzing, waltzing with bears___
1 * 4 1
I went to his room in the middle of the night
5 * 4 1
I tiptoed in-side, and turned on the light
* * * 6m *
But to my dis-may he was nowhere in sight____
4 1 5 1
My uncle Walter goes waltzing at night
1 * 4 1
We bought Uncle Walter a new coat to wear
5 * 4 1
But when he comes home it's all covered with hair
* * * 6m *
And lately I've noticed there are several new tears___
4 1 5 1
My uncle Walter goes waltzing with bears
We told Uncle Walter that he should be good
And do all the things we say that he should
But I now that he'd rather be off in the woods
We're afraid we will lose him, we'll lose him for good
1 * 4 1
We said Uncle Walter, oh please won't you stay
5 * 4 1
And managed to keep him at home for day
* * * 6m *
But the bears all barged in and they took him a-way____
4 1 4 1
Now he's waltzing with pandas, and we don't under-stand it
4 1 5 1
But the bears all de-mand at least one waltz a day
ENDING: CHORUS TWICE
NOTES:
- Evans & Doherty change the words slightly
*****
WALTZING WITH BEARS (Alternate verses)
NEW FIRST VERSE:
Our Uncle Walter's not right in the head
He's been that way all his life, my mother said
Its not that he's violent, or falls down the stairs
Its just he goes waltzing, waltzing with bears
CHORUS:
He goes wa wa wa waltzing, waltzing with bears
Raggy bears, shaggy bears, baggy bears too
There's nothing on earth Uncle Walter won't do
So he can go waltzing, wa wa wa waltzing
He can go waltzing, waltzing with bears
I went to his room in the middle of the night
I tiptoed in and I turned on the light
But to my surprise, he was nowhere in sight
For my Uncle Walter goes waltzing at night
We gave Uncle Walter a new coat to wear
When he came home it was covered with hair
Lately I've noticed several new tears
I think Uncle Walter's been waltzing with bears
We told Uncle Walter that he should be good
Do all the things that we think he should
But I know that he'd rather be out in the wood
I'm afraid we might lose Uncle Walter for good
Well we begged and we pleaded: Oh please won't you stay
We managed to keep him at home for a day
But the bears all barged in and they took him away
Now he's dancing with pandas, and he can't understand us
And the bears all demand at least one waltz a day
*****
From: rick floyd (ri...@cs.duke.edu), Oct 05, 1994
We asked Uncle Walter just how it feels
To be light on your feet and to kick up your heels
And he said we will see what the music reveals
Tonight when the bears teach us polkas and reels
We'll all go...
*****
From: Claudia Rose and Grian MacGregor, date ??
But last night when the moon rose, we crept down the stairs
He took me to dance where the bears have their lairs
We danced in a bear hug, with nary a care
It all feels like flying, there is no denying
And now my pajamas are covered with hair
SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure
CHORDS (Number System):
- The numbers are the notes of the diatonic scale (do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do)
- Play a song in any key from the same chart
Common Keys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Key of C: C D E F G A B
Key of D D E F# G A B C#
Key of G G A B C D E F#
Key of A A B C# D E F# G#
- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmcc...@acs.ucalgary.ca)
ol...@ohsu.edu
I saw this posted several months ago and didn't think of grabbing it, now one
of my friends wants to learn to play it for her grandaughter. Could someone
e-mail it to me, please.
Erik
ol...@ohsu.edu
Ethan Ladd
A very good recording of this song can be found on an album entitled
"The Minneapolis Concert" by Gordon Bok, Ed Trickett, and Ann Mayo
Muir. It was put out by Folk/Legacy records in the late 80s.
-Ethan Ladd