[Chorus]
Oh, it's fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee
With a dancing bear ran away with me
And the organ grinder came to town
With a jolly old bear in a coat of brown
And the funny old chap joined hands with me
While I cut a caper and so did he

[Verse]
With a fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee
I looked at him and he looked at me
I whispered a word in his shaggy ear
Said, "I'll go with you, my dear"

[Chorus]
Oh, it's fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee
With a dancing bear ran away with me
And the organ grinder came to town
With a jolly old bear in a coat of brown
Then the dancing bear he smiled and said
Well, he didn't say much, but he nodded his head
As the organ-grinder began to play
"Over the Hills and Far Away"

[Verse]
With a fiddle-de-dum and a fiddle-de-dee
I looked at him and he winked at me
And my heart was light and the day was fair
I went away with the dancing bear
[Verse]
Oh it's fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee
The dancing bear came back with me
Oh, the sugar-plum trees were all stripped bare
And we couldn't find a sugar cookie anywhere

[Verse]
And the solemn old fellow he sighed and said
Well, he didn't say much, but he shook his head
I looked at him and he blinked at me
I shed a tear and so did he
And we both of us thought of our supper that lay
Over the hills and far away

[Chorus]
Then the dancing bear, he took my hand
And we hurried away through the twilight land
With a fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee
When the dancing bear came back with me