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I Love This Bar Toby Keith


Oh, gather 'round the fire, lend an ear to me,
I’ll sing of brave young Honey, bold as she could be.
She walked the wild Ohio where the tall trees are a growin',
With a knife on her hip and a heart full of knowin'.

(Verse 2)
One autumn evening, cold and sharp as flint,
Crept a shadow through the pines, it's eyes yellow did glint,
Red the Bear stood tall, with claws like daggers bright,
growled, "Girl, you’re in my woods—best run or die tonight."

(Chorus)
Oh, Honey, clever Honey, don’t you tremble at his stare,
With a laugh and a promise, she outfoxed old Red the Bear!

(Verse 3)
Honey tipped her hat, said, "Now, Red, don’t be sore,
But these woods ain’t yours—they’re the wild’s, nothing more.
But I’ll make you a bargain, if you’ve got the nerve,
Beat me in a contest, and you I’ll ever serve"

(Verse 4)
Red, he grinned wide, said, "Girl, you’re playin’ bold,
But I’ll take your wager—name your stakes, I'm sold!"
Honey pointed yonder where the river split,
"See that honeycomb? Bet you can’t resist it."

(Verse 5)
"First one to the hive gets the sweet golden prize,
But if you lose, Red, you’ll shut your hungry eyes."
Red took off a-runnin’, shook the ground below,
But Honey just whistled—she’d sawn the branch slow.

(Chorus)
Oh, Honey, sly Honey, saw him falling swiftly down
With a crack and a splash, old Red did drown!

(Verse 6)
Now some say at midnight, if you’re quiet and still,
You can hear old Red’s growl up on Grizzly Hill.
But Honey just smiles, tends her bees with care,
"Never fight a monster, darlin’—outthink him fair."

(Outro)
So here’s to the lasses who walk with no fear,
With a mind sharp as lightning and a soul bright and clear.
Raise a glass to the wild, to the brave and the rare—
Here’s to clever Honey… and the fall of Red the Bear!

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