I saw it one day, Bear mountain picnic was my way. "come 'n' take a trip, We'll bring you up on a ship. the wife and kids Bring the family." Yippee!
Well, I run down 'n' bought a ticket To bear mountain picnic. But little did I I was in for a surprise. Had nothin' to do mountains. I didn't even close to a bear.
Took the wife 'n' kids to the pier, Six people there, had ticket for the trip. "oh well." I said, "it's a big ship. Besides, anyway, the the merrier."
Well, we all got on 'n' d'ya think, That big old started t' sink More kept a-pilin' on, That old ship was goin' down. Funny way t' a picnic.
Well, I soon lost of m' kids 'n' wife, So many there I never saw in m' life That old ship down in the water, Six people tryin' t' kill each other, a-barkin', cats a-meowin', Women screamin', a-flyin', babies cryin', a-comin', me a-runnin'. Maybe we just better off the picnic.
I got shoved down 'n' around, All I could hear there was a sound, Don't one thing more, remember walkin' up on a little shore, Head busted, cracked, splintered, I was bald, naked. . . Quite to be alive though.
Feelin' like I outa m' casket, I grabbed back hold of m' basket. the wife 'n' kids 'n' started home, Wishin' I'd never got up morn.
Now, I don't care what you do, If you wanta have a picnic, up t' you. But don't tell me about it, I wanta hear it, 'cause, see, I just lost all m' spirit. Stay in m' kitchen, m' own picnic. . . In the bathroom.
Now, it don't seem to me so funny What some people are do f'r money. There's a bran' new gimmick day Just t' somebody's money away. I think we oughta take some o' people And put 'em on a boat, 'em up to bear mountain . . . For a picnic.