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Bear, Fox, and Raccoon make a change in the weather together and also enjoy pie and tea. Inspired by my friend, Stanley Bear.

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Tea and Bear and Me

A fox and a raccoon were having tea
in the belly of a bear, you see.
A nicer setting would be better’
but you can’t always change the weather
or where you take your tea, you see.

I once lived high up on a mountain
eating berries from off the tree.
Honey came from bees for free
and a bear slept on my knee.
This is what that small bear said to me.

Tea is very wet, but with pie it’s better yet.
And that’s the plan for bear and me
and tea, you’ll see.

There’s a pie left on the shelf
cooling down by its own self.
But even pies with good disguise
can’t escape from prying eyes
of hungry bears and honey bees. Trust me.

At times I wish that there
were somewhere better
to take our tea.
I think this drink
could not get any wetter
for bear and me.

A fox and raccoon were having tea
’til bear said wait for me.
A nicer setting would be better.
Together we can change the weather
then you can all have tea with me.

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from The Wondarium – Limited Edition Handprinted, released October 15, 2021
Music and Lyrics by Jeni Hankins, Lulu Wall Music, BMI,
and Alfred John Hickling, Sweet Pea Music.

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Jeni Hankins London, UK

Jeni Hankins grew up in the coalfields of Appalachian in Southwest Virginia among a family of miners, moonshiners, and journalists. Her writing pulls the grit, gumption, and keen sense of observation out of that heritage like drawing water from her grandmother’s well.

In every song, Jeni’s “true sense of place shines through – old as the hills, but brand new at the same time.”
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