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We're going on a bear hunt
(We're going on a bear hunt)
We're gonna see a fluffy one
(We're gonna see a fluffy one)
We're not scared
(We're not scared)
What a beautiful day
(What a beautiful day)
Uh oh
Grass, sharp pointy grass

We can't go over it
(We can't go over it)
We can't go under it
(We can't go under it)
We’ll have to go through it
(We’ll have to go through it)
Dodge, hop, dodge, hop

We're going on a bear hunt
(We're going on a bear hunt)
We're gonna see a fluffy one
(We're gonna see a fluffy one)
We're not scared
(We're not scared)
What a beautiful day
(What a beautiful day)
Uh oh
Sand, hot dry sand

We can't go over it
(We can't go over it)
We can't go under it
(We can't go under it)
We’ll have to go through it
(We’ll have to go through it)
Run, skip, run, skip
Uh oh

We're going on a bear hunt
(We're going on a bear hunt)
We're gonna see a fluffy one
(We're gonna see a fluffy one)
We're not scared
(We're not scared)
What a beautiful day
(What a beautiful day)
Uh oh 
A canyon, a big rocky canyon

We can't go over it
(We can't go over it)
We can't go under it
(We can't go under it)
We’ll have to go through it
(We’ll have to go through it)
Climb, climbing, climb up higher
Uh oh

We're going on a bear hunt
(We're going on a bear hunt)
We're gonna see a fluffy one
(We're gonna see a fluffy one)
We're not scared
(We're not scared)
What a beautiful day
(What a beautiful day)
Uh oh
A forest, a eucalypt forest

We can't go over it
(We can't go over it)
We can't go under it
(We can't go under it)
We’ll have to go through it
(We’ll have to go through it)
Stumble, trip, stumble, trip
Uh oh

We're going on a bear hunt
(We're going on a bear hunt)
We're gonna see a fluffy one
(We're gonna see a fluffy one)
We're not scared
(We're not scared)
What a beautiful day
(What a beautiful day)

Uh oh, what’s that!
One big black nose 
Two round soft ears 
Fluffy gray fur
It's a koala, not a bear

Quick, get the binoculars!
Look straight up, in the tree
There's a koala, looking at me
Be very quiet, get the phone
Call the family, back at home
Take a picture, have a look
Zoom in closer, that looks good
Remember that, it's not a bear
It's just a koala up there
Our fluffy marsupial friend​

Melody

In most versions of the song, the melody is only sung for the first line of the repeated section.
Most other parts are spoken in rhyme.

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This version of 'What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor / O Sinner Man' can be sung in two groups.
Group 1 sings the left column and group 2 is to sing the right column at the same time as group 1.

Chords given below

*Note - Early can be pronounced, Earl-eye

Verse 1.
Dm
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
C
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
Dm
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
F        C       Dm
Early* in the morning

Chorus

Dm
Hooray and up she rises
C
Hooray and up she rises
Dm
Hooray and up she rises
F
Early in the morning

*Same chords for each verse and chorus

Lyrics

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled:
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me?"

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled:
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."

Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong.
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee.
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag:
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me",
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag:
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred.
Down came the troopers, one, two, and three.
"Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me",
"Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong.
"You'll never take me alive!" said he
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong:
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me?"

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me",
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong:
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me?"

If you get up in the morning at a quarter to one, and all you want to do is have a little fun,

You brush your teeth ch ch ch ch, ch ch ch ch… x 2

If you get up in the morning at a quarter to two, and you just want to find something to do,

You brush your teeth ch ch ch ch, ch ch ch ch… x 2

If you get up in the morning at a quarter to three, and your mind starts going twiddledy-dee,

You brush your teeth ch ch ch ch, ch ch ch ch… x 2

If you get up in the morning at a quarter to four, and you think you hear a knock on your door, 

You brush your teeth ch ch ch ch, ch ch ch ch… x 2

If you get up in the morning at a quarter to five, and you just can’t wait to come alive


You brush your teeth ch ch ch ch, ch ch ch ch…  x 2