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   stevenhlewis@gmail.com to Paul Mailman   
   Re: Waltzing with Bears: songwriter, rec   
   20 Mar 18 15:16:39   
   
   On Monday, October 21, 1991 at 12:22:42 PM UTC-4, Paul Mailman wrote:   
   > Some years ago I learned a song called "Waltzing with Bears," a cute song   
   > about dear Uncle Walter who has a hobby of going out into the woods and   
   > dancing with the bears, much to the distress of his family.  I learned it   
   > through a combination of hearing other people sing it, and a songbook from   
   > the Folk Song Society of Greater Boston which, alas, did not attribute the   
   song.   
   >   
   > A friend who has heard me sing the song has asked where she could get a   
   > recording of it.  (She didn't ask to record one of my performances.   pout>).  Can any netters out there identify the songwriter and/or recordings   
   of   
   > the song?  (I have heard two recorded versions, one male and one female.)   
   >   
   > Lyrics/chords available on request.  If I can find out who wrote it, I'll   
   send   
   > it in to the lyric server.   
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   It is quite recorded by Priscilla Herdman.   
      
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