The bear farmers of Birnam    Go out every night    Creep up on their harvest slowly    They got claw marks through and through    They lose an arm or two    No, it's not a job for everybody       The bear farmers of Birnam    Go out every night    Sing a song the bears are knowin'    You may squeeze and you may roar    You may bite and you may claw    But the bear farmers keep a-goin'       A bear farmer is proud    He's a strong and silent man    He never has the time to tarry    He lasts less than a year    But he never sheds a tear    Still, he's not the kind a girl should marry       A bear farmer won't shirk    Though it's often risky work,    He never will complain about it    If an arm or leg is strewn    On the ground he sees it hewn    He shrugs and learns to do without it       The bear farmers of Birnam    Go out every night,    Sing a song the bears are knowin'    You may squeeze and you may roar    You may bite and you may claw    But the bear farmers keep a-goin'       A bear farmer will smell    And in romance not do well    Oftentimes the girls reject you    A bear won't treat you so    You're satisfied to know    When he chews you up he still respects you.       The bear farmers of Birnam    Go out every night,    Sing a song - the bears do know him    You may squeeze and you may roar    You may bite and you may claw,    But the bear farmers keep a-goin'    Squeeze and you may roar    You may bite and you may claw    But the bear farmers keep a-goin