Dancing Bear (Mamas & Papas)                      
                                                  
I wouldn't want to be a chimney sweep all black   
from head to foot From climbing in them chimneys  
and cleaning out that soot With a broom and       
ladder and pail, the darkened walls I scale, And  
far, and high, I see a patch of sky.              
                                                  
I'd rather be the gypsy who's camped at the edge  
of town,  The one who has the dancing bear        
that follows him around. And he lifts his big     
foot up  , and he puts his big foot down, And     
bows, and twirls, and dances 'round and 'round.   
                                                  
I found I was a cabin boy last night as I did     
dream. Bound upon a magic ship for a land I'd     
never seen. And the moon she filled our sails,    
and the stars they steered our course And         
on  our bow there was a golden horse.             
                                                  
The queen eats sugar candy, the bishop, nuts and  
cheese. And when I am a grown man, I'll taste     
just what I please; The honey from the bee, the   
shellfish from the sea, The earth, the wind a     
girl, someone to share these things with me.      
                                                  
I wouldn't want to be a chimney sweep all black   
from head to foot From climbing in them chimneys  
and cleaning out that soot. I'd rather be the     
gypsy who's camped at the edge of town, The one   
who has the dancing bear that follows him around.