The Bear Went Over the Mountain (song)

"The Bear Went Over the Mountain" is a campfire song sung to the tune of For He's a Jolly Good Fellow,[1] which, in turn, got its melody from the French tune Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre (Marlborough is going to war).

The public domain lyrics are of unknown origin.

Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his 1961 album 101 Gang Songs.

  1. ^ Review of a piano recital: "As a finale he performed for the first time, a burlesque on the French air, 'Marlbrook', better known to the American student of harmony as "He's a jolly good fellow". The New York Times, 4 October 1862