song from the 60s or 70s

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  1. meli said:

    Exclamation song from the 60s or 70s

    sounds like the byrds or the beatles
    cant remember much of the lyrics except ...

    " i wish i were like the gypsies with the danicing bears that follows him around.."

    and then it goes on to talk about how the wish they were like a couple other things and then the gypsies again
    please help if you know the name of the song or who its by
    thanks
     
  2. Sandy said:

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    It's Dancing Bear by the Mamas and the Papas:


    (John Phillips)

    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
    (I'd rather be the gypsy)
    Whose camped at the edge of town -
    (Camped at the edge of town)
    The one who has the dancing bear
    That follows him around.
    And he lifts his big foot up;
    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 fruit and 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, etc...
    (I'd rather be the gypsy, etc...)
    (I dreamed I was a cabin boy, etc...)
     
  3. meli said:

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    thank you sandy
    ur awesome