Rita Cantu: Music

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This is a fun song Rita arranged, played, sang, and recorded with the help of local musician and friend, Jonathon Best. (see his website in her links section.) This is produced for a special use by the Forest Service.

SMOKEY THE BEAR

With a ranger’s hat and shovel and a pair of dungarees,
You will find him in the forest always sniffin’ at the breeze.
People stop and pay attention when he tells them to beware.
‘cuz everybody knows that he’s the fire preventin’ bear.

CHORUS
Smokey the bear, Smokey the bear
Prowlin’ and a growlin’ and a sniffin’ the air,
He can find a fire before it starts to flame
That’s why they call him Smokey that was how he got his name.


You can take a tip from Smoky, that there’s nothing like a tree
Cuz they’re good for kids to climb in and they’re beautiful to see
You just have to look around you and you’ll find it’s not a joke
to see what you’d be missin’ if they all went up in smoke.

CHORUS
Smokey the bear, Smokey the bear
Prowlin’ and a growlin’ and a sniffin’ the air,
He can find a fire before it starts to flame
That’s why they call him Smokey that was how he got his name.

If you’ve ever seen the forest when a fire is running wild
and you love the things within it like a mother loves a child,
Then you know why Smoky tells you when he sees you passing through …
Remember please be careful, it’s the least that you can do.

CHORUS
Smokey the bear, Smokey the bear
Prowlin’ and a growlin’ and a sniffin’ the air,
He can find a fire before it starts to flame
That’s why they call him Smokey that was how he got his name.