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Congleton Bear - Tams

artist:John Tams

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 {t: Congleton Bear - Tams }  
{key: G}  
{artist:John Tams}  
               
The [D] cheeses of Cheshire are famed, but beware    
Of [C] stories they tell of the Congleton Bear     
[G] Congleton Bear, [C] Congleton [D] Bear    
They [G] sold the Church [C] Bible to [D] buy a new [G] bear   
{c: } 
The [G] Wakes coming on and the [C] bear he took [G] ill    
We [C] tried him with potion, with [D] brandy and [G] pill    
He [G] died in his sleep at the [C] eve of the [G] Wakes    
The [C] cause, it was [D] said, was strong ale and sweet [G] cakes    
{c: } 
The [D] cheeses of Cheshire are famed, but beware    
Of [C] stories they tell of the Congleton Bear     
[G] Congleton Bear, [C] Congleton [D] Bear    
They [G] sold the Church [C] Bible to [D] buy a new [G] bear      
{c: } 
He'd [G] served the town well and he's [C] served the town [G] true   
To [C] lie him in [G] state was the [D] least they could [G] do    
The old bear was dead, a suc[C]cessor they'd [G] need    
A [C] new bear was [D] wanted, and that at great [G] speed    
{c: } 
The [D] cheeses of Cheshire are famed, but beware    
Of [C] stories they tell of the Congleton Bear     
[G] Congleton Bear, [C] Congleton [D] Bear    
They [G] sold the Church [C] Bible to [D] buy a new [G] bear      
{c: } 
Now a[G]  parson is useful in [C] times of great [G] need    
And im[C]bibed with strong porter he [D] quickly a[G]greed    
The [G] parson, his Bible he [C] gave then and [G] there    
We [C] sold it in [D] Nantwich to buy a new [G] bear.    
{c: } 
The [D] cheeses of Cheshire are famed, but beware    
Of [C] stories they tell of the Congleton Bear     
[G] Congleton Bear, [C] Congleton [D] Bear    
They [G] sold the Church [C] Bible to [D] buy a new [G] bear      
{c: } 
The [G] new bear, a she-bear, was the [C] toast of the [G] town    
To [C] music and laughter she [D] danced up and [G] down   
So [G] loudly the cheering would [C] waken the [G] dead    
It [C] caused the old [D] bear for to rise from his [G] bed    
{c: } 
The [D] cheeses of Cheshire are famed, but beware    
Of [C] stories they tell of the Congleton Bear     
[G] Congleton Bear, [C] Congleton [D] Bear    
They [G] sold the Church [C] Bible to [D] buy a new [G] bear   
{c: } 
He [G] rolled his dark eye as he [C] spied the she-[G]bear    
And [C] with an em[G]brace they danced [D] jigs pair-and-[G]pair    
{c: } 
The [D] cheeses of Cheshire are famed, but beware    
Of [C] stories they tell of the Congleton Bear     
[G] Congleton Bear, [C] Congleton [D] Bear    
They [G] sold the Church [C] Bible to [D] buy a new [G] bear      
{c: } 
  				




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