Sam Patch
Chorus:
Sam Patch, Sam Patch - jumped over the Falls with a bear and a hat / The hat went
under and so did Sam, but the bear went swimming away, hey! The bear went swimming
away.//
So gather 'round children,
gather 'round folks - I've got a tale to tell and it ain't no joke / The moral
of the tale will be plain to see: don't jump over the Falls of the Genesee / The
Mighty Genesee.
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Old
Sam Patch was regular clown, who thought he was the best jumpin' man around /
He didn't jump up - he only jumped down. And that's why we're singing this song
- oh! / That's why we're singing this song.
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I don't know where Sam
got the bear, but he made his living from jumpin' in the air / With not much of
nothin' underneath, but a pool of water to put his feet / His dirty little feet.
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Now,
when Sam Patch leapt over the brink, that fateful Friday the 13th / The crowd
went hush - held its breath - the bear went swimmin' away, hey! / Down Ontario
way.
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Sam
always claimed that "some things can, be done as well as others can"/ He calculated
jumps scientifically - but not in the case of the Genesee / The Mighty Genesee!
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