We Sing of the Polar Bear

DESCRIPTION: "We sing of the polar bear fearless and bold, He never gets hot and he never gets cold" because he lives where there is no summer and "wears polar bear furs." The crocodile is also warm. Humans, though, need to change clothes for the weather
AUTHOR: David Kilburn Stevens (1860-1946) (source: Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs,)
EARLIEST DATE: 1988 (Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook)
KEYWORDS: animal clothes humorous campsong
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p, 43, "We Sing of the Polar Bear" (1 text, tune referenced)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 147, 263, 494, "Polar Bear and Crocodile"/"Climates" (notes only)
SongsOfManyNations, "The Climate" (1 text, 1 tune) (12th edition, p. 14)
Roud #13618
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Vilikens and his Dinah (William and Dinah) [Laws M31A/B]" (tune & meter) and references there
File: ACSF147P

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