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W'y, wunst they wuz a Little Boy went out / In the woods to shoot a Bear. So, he went out / 'Way in the grea'-big woods -- he did. -- An' he / Wuz goin'along -- an'goin'along, you know, / An' purty soon he heerd somepin' go "_Wooh! _" -- / Ist thataway -- "_Woo-ooh! _" An' he wuz _skeered_, / He wuz. An' so he runned an' clumbed a tree -- / A grea'-big tree, he did, -- a sicka-_more_ tree.
An' nen he heerd it agin: an' he looked round, / An' _'t'uz a Bear! -- a grea'-big, shore-nuff Bear! _ -- / No: 't'uz _two_ Bears, it wuz -- two grea'-big Bears -- / _One_ of 'em wuz -- ist _one's a grea'-big_ Bear. -- / But they ist _boff_ went "_Wooh! _ " -- An' here _they_ come / To climb the tree an' git the Little Boy / An'eat him up!