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Sam Patch, Sam Patch - jumped over the Falls with a bear and a hat / The hat went under and so did Sam, but the bear went swimming away, hey! The bear went swimming away.//
So gather 'round children, gather 'round folks - I've got a tale to tell and it ain't no joke / The moral of the tale will be plain to see: don't jump over the Falls of the Genesee / The Mighty Genesee.
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Old Sam Patch was regular clown, who thought he was the best jumpin' man around / He didn't jump up - he only jumped down. And that's why we're singing this song - oh! / That's why we're singing this song.
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I don't know where Sam got the bear, but he made his living from jumpin' in the air / With not much of nothin' underneath, but a pool of water to put his feet / His dirty little feet.
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Now, when Sam Patch leapt over the brink, that fateful Friday the 13th / The crowd went hush - held its breath - the bear went swimmin' away, hey! / Down Ontario way.
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Sam always claimed that some
things
can,
be
done
as
well
as
others
can/ He calculated jumps scientifically - but not in the case of the Genesee / The Mighty Genesee!
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