Ole Slewfoot
Ole Slewfoot
Doc Watson
Billy Strings
Jerry Garcia
Jim & Jesse
Johnny Cash
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High on a mountain, tell me what do you see
Bear tracks bear tracks looking back at me
Better get your rifles before its too late
The bear's got a little pig and he's headed for the gate
He's big around the middle and broad across the rump
Running ninety miles an hour, taking thirty feet a jump
Ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed
And some folks say he looks a lot like me
Saved up my money and bought me some bees
Started making honey way up in the trees
Cut down the trees but the honey's all gone
Old slew foot has done made himself at home
Winter's coming on and it's forty below
River's froze over, so where can he go
I'll chase him up the gully and run him in the well
Shoot him in the bottom just to listen to him yellDemo Videos
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About This Song
Ole Slewfoot is a swamp-dwelling bear tale popularized by Porter Wagoner in 1953, though it's been covered by everyone from Johnny Cash to Billy Strings. Doc Watson's version is a bluegrass jam favorite, and Jerry Garcia used to break it out with Old & In The Way.