CAPO 5 ( A5 G5 F5 down in the green hay A5 G5 D5 ) where monkey and bear usually lay A5 F5 A5 they woke from a stable-boy's cry A5 G5 F5 he said; someone come quick! A5 G5 D5 the horses got loose, got grass-sick! A5 F5 A5 they'll founder! fain, they'll die C5 C5 C5 E5 E5 E5 what is now known by the sorrel and the roan? E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 by the chestnut, and the bay, and the gelding grey? A5 G5 D5 it is: stay by the gate you are given C5 G5 F5 and remain in your place, for your season A5 G5 C5 and had the overfed dead but listened F5 G5 A5 to that high-fence, horse-sense, wisdom... A5 G5 F5 D5 "did you hear that, Bear?" said monkey G5 D5 D5 we'll get out of here, fair and square A5 F5 A5 they've left the gate open wide! A5 so; D5 my bride A5 D5 here is my hand, where is your paw? A5 D5 try and understand my plan, Ursala A5 D5 my heart is a furnace A5 D5 full of love that's just, and earnest A5 D5 now; you know that we must unlearn this A5 D5 allegiance to a life of service A5 D5 and no longer answer to that heartless A5 D5 hay-monger, nor be his accomplice A5 D5 (that charlatan, with artless hustling!) A5 D5 but; Ursala, we've got to eat something A5 D5 and earn our keep, while still within A5 D5 the borders of the land that man has girded A5 D5 (all double-bolted and tightfisted!) A5 D5 until we reach the open country A5 D5 a-steeped in milk and honey A5 D5 will you keep your fancy clothes on, for me? A5 D5 can you bear a little longer to wear that leash? A5 D5 my love, I swear by the air I breathe: A5 C5 F5 A5 sooner or later, you'll bare your teeth A5 D5 but for now, just dance, darling A5 E5 c'mon, will you dance, my darling? A5 C5 darling, there's a place for us F5 D5 can we go, before I turn to dust? A5 C5 F5 A5 oh my darling, there's a place for us A5 D5 oh darling A5 E5 c'mon will you dance, my darling? A5 C5 oh, the hills are groaning with excess F5 D5 like a table ceaselessly being set A5 C5 F5 A5 oh my darling, we will get there yet A5 G5 F5 they trooped past the guards, A5 G5 D5 ( F5 , G5 ) past the coops, and the fields, and the farmyards A5 F5 A5 all night, till finally: A5 G5 F5 the space they gained grew A5 G5 D5 ( F5 , G5 ) much farther than the stone that bear threw A5 F5 A5 to mark where they'd stop for tea C5 C5 C5 but walk a little faster E5 E5 E5 E5 and don't look backwards E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 your feast is to the East, which lies a little past the E5 pasture A5 G5 F5 when the blackbirds hear tea whistling, they rise and clap C5 G5 F5 and their applause caws the kettle black A5 G5 C5 and we can't have none of that! A5 G5 D5 move along, Bear; there, there; that�s that A5 G5 F5 (though cast in plaster A5 G5 D5 ( F5 , G5 ) our Ursala's heart beat faster A5 F5 A5 than monkey's ever will) A5 D5 but still; A5 D5 they have got to pay the bills A5 D5 hadn't they? A5 D5 that is what the monkey'd say A5 D5 A5 so, with the courage of a clown, or a cur D5 A5 or a kite, jerking tight at its tether D5 A5 in her dun-brown gown of fur D5 A5 and her jerkin of swan's down and leather D5 A5 Bear would sway on her hind legs; D5 A5 the organ would grind dregs of song, for the pleasure D5 of the children, who'd shriek A5 throwing coins at her feet D5 A5 then recoiling in terror D5 sing, dance, darling A5 E5 c'mon, will you dance, my darling? A5 C5 oh darling, there's a place for us F5 D5 can we go, before I turn to dust? A5 C5 F5 A5 oh my darling, there�s a place for us A5 D5 oh darling A5 E5 c'mon, will you dance, my darling? A5 C5 you keep your eyes fixed on the highest hill F5 D5 where you'll ever-after eat your fill A5 C5 F5 D5 oh my darling, dear, mine A5 if you dance C5 F5 A5 dance, darling, and i love you still A5 deep in the night shone a weak and miserly light where the monkey shouldered his lamp someone had told him the bear had been wandering a fair piece away from where they were camped someone had told him the bear'd been sneaking away to the seaside caverns, to bathe and the thought troubled the monkey for he was afraid of spelunking down in those caves also afraid what the village people would say if they saw the bear in that state; lolling and splashing obscenely well, it seemed irrational, really; washing that face washing that matted and flea-bit pelt in some sea-spit-shine, old kelp dripping with brine but monkey just laughed, and he muttered; when she comes back, Ursala will be bursting with pride 'til I jump up! saying: you've been rolling in muck! saying: you smell of garbage and grime! but far out far out by now by now far out, by now, Bear ploughed 'cause she would not drown: first the outside-legs of the bear up and fell down, in the water, like knobby garters then the outside-arms of the bear fell off, as easy as if sloughed from boiled tomatoes low'red in a genteel curtsy bear shed the mantle of her diluvian shoulders; and, with a sigh, she allowed the burden of belly to drop like an apronfull of boulders if you could hold up her threadbare coat to the light where it's worn translucent in places you'd see spots where almost every night of the year Bear had been mending suspending that baseness now her coat drags through the water bagging, with a life's-worth of hunger, limitless minnows in the magnetic embrace balletic and glacial of Bear's insatiable shadow left there! left there! when Bear left Bear left there! left there! when Bear stepped clear of Bear A5 , G5 , F5 , A5 , G5 , D5 ( F5 , A5 , F5 , G5 A5 C5 F5 A5 (sooner or later, you'll bare your teeth...)
