Here Comes a Bear

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"Here Comes a Bear" is a Wiggles song from the Here Comes a Song album and Wiggle Time! video about four animals: a bear, a kangaroo, a snake and a wombat. At the end of the song, The Wiggles give a big bear growl.

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Song Lyrics

Here Comes A Song

Verse 1
Here comes a bear (stomping, stomping)
A very scary bear (stomping, stomping)
Paws up in the air (stomping, stomping)
Stomping everywhere

Verse 2
Kangaroo jumps (boing boing)
He jumps so high (boing boing)
He almost touches the sky (boing boing)
The kangaroo jumps so high

Verse 3
Here comes a snake (Sssss Sssss)
Slithering along (Sssss Sssss)
His body's very long (Sssss Sssss)
Slippery snake slithers along

Verse 4
Wombat crawls (crawling crawling)
Nose to the ground (crawling crawling)
He's making lots of sound (crawling crawling)
Crawling everywhere

Repeat Verse 1

Live in Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 1 and 2

Here comes a bear (stomping, stomping)
A very scary bear (stomping, stomping)
Paws up in the air (stomping, stomping)
Stomping everywhere

Kangaroo jumps (boing boing)
She jumps so high (boing boing)
She almost touches the sky (boing boing)
The kangaroo jumps so high

Here comes a snake (Sssss Sssss)
Slithering along (Sssss Sssss)
His body's very long (Sssss Sssss)
Slippery snake slithers along

Wombat crawls (crawling crawling)
Nose to the ground (crawling crawling)
Making not much sound (crawling crawling)
Wombat crawls around

Here comes a camel (stomping, stomping)
The camel's name is Zamel (stomping, stomping)
A camel is a mammal (stomping, stomping)
And he might just sound like this

Español (Aquí Viene Un Oso)

Aquí viene un oso (Pisando, Pisando)
Un oso pavoroso (Pisando, Pisando)
Garras levantadas (Pisando, Pisando)
Dando fuertes pisadas

Canguro brinca (Boing! Boing!)
Él brinca muy alto (Boing! Boing!)
Casi toca el cielo (Boing! Boing!)
El canguro brinca muy alto

Ahí viene la culebra (Sssss, Sssss)
Serpenteando por el suelo (Sssss, Sssss)
Su cuerpo es muy largo (Sssss, Sssss)
Se arrastra y se resvala

El wombat gatea (Gateando, gateando)
Nariz hacia el piso (Gateando, gateando)
Hace muchos sonidos (Gateando, gateando)
Gateando en todos lados

Aquí viene un oso (Pisando, Pisando)
Un oso pavoroso (Pisando, Pisando)
Garras levantadas (Pisando, Pisando)
Dando fuertes pisadas

Mandarin (Taiwan)

有隻熊來了 (ㄅ一ㄥㄅㄨㄥ\, ㄅ一ㄥㄅㄨㄥ\)
嚇人的大熊 (ㄅ一ㄥㄅㄨㄥ\, ㄅ一ㄥㄅㄨㄥ\)
腳掌大又大 (ㄅ一ㄥㄅㄨㄥ\, ㄅ一ㄥㄅㄨㄥ\)
大步到處走

袋鼠蹦蹦跳 (ㄅㄛ一, ㄅㄛ一)
跳得高又高 (ㄅㄛ一, ㄅㄛ一)
跳上天空了 (ㄅㄛ一, ㄅㄛ一)
袋鼠跳的高

前面有隻蛇 (厶, ㄙ)
慢慢向前爬 (厶, ㄙ)
身體長又長 (厶, ㄙ)
爬呀爬滑行向前進

蝸牛慢慢爬 (爬呀, 爬呀)
脊著它的家 (爬呀, 爬呀)
家像個喇叭 (爬呀, 爬呀)
蝸牛慢慢爬

有隻熊來了 (ㄅ一ㄥㄅㄨㄥ\, ㄅ一ㄥㄅㄨㄥ\)
嚇人的大熊 (ㄅ一ㄥㄅㄨㄥ\, ㄅ一ㄥㄅㄨㄥ\)
腳掌大又大 (ㄅ一ㄥㄅㄨㄥ\, ㄅ一ㄥㄅㄨㄥ\)
大步到處走

Song Credits

Written by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page, published by Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd. previously published by EMI Music.

Trivia

In Here Comes a Song, Greg sings the bear and snake parts, and Anthony sings the kangaroo and wombat parts. In ABC For Kids: Live In Concert however, Murray sings the kangaroo part instead of Anthony.
In the Sailing Around the World Live! and The OG Wiggles Reunion Tour!, Greg sings the bear part, Murray sings the kangaroo part, Jeff sings the snake part and Anthony sings the wombat part.
As for the 2013-2021 line-up, Simon sings the bear part, Emma sings the kangaroo part, Lachy sings the snake part and Anthony sings the wombat part (although in Fun and Games, Simon and Emma swap verses).
The international instrumental re-recording of this song was later used in a lot of The Wiggles' concerts as the original backing track became unavailable.
When performed live in 2013 and 2014, the last verse is replaced with a camel, which is sung by Captain Feathersword riding on Zamel the Camel.
The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra version was uploaded to The Wiggles' YouTube channel on December 7th, 2017.
In the Taiwanese version, the wombat verse is replaced with a snail. This is most likely due to wombats being endemic to Australia. The Latin American version however retains the crawling motion.
In Fun and Games, the snake and wombat verses are swapped.
According to Anthony, he wrote this song on the spot while teaching the children in his preschool class about vacuum cleaners, and thus changed the lyrics from about vacuum cleaners to animals.
In the 2023 version, the word "scary" is changed to "friendly".
In the original 1993 music video of the song, the camera zooms in to the Wiggles growling, whereas in the 1998 updated version, the camera stays put. Also, the growl at the end has been re-recorded and shortened.