The song is not about bears. It was not even inspired by bears. There are no bears mentioned in the lyrics, and the music is not at all bear like. No bears were harmed in the making of this song. It contains no artificial bear, bear, or bear byproducts. It does not look, taste, sound, or smell like a bear. All bear rights reserved. Any resemblance to an actual bear is purely unintentional and completely coincidental and may not be viewed by anyone under the age of 30 as otherwise. The views and opinions expressed in the song are its own and in no way reflect the opinion of bears or their affiliates. Bears are not responsible for improper use of this song. It was not written for bears, or by bears, and bears probably cannot dance to it. Nonetheless, it is called Big ol' Bear.

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Many manifestations of this song exists, originally composed one afternoon after a picnic from a musical noodle by William Quintin, silly scribblings by Kirk Klingbiel and Aleta Yeats, and of course Carlo Reveles, Herb Alarcon, James Scarborough, Jim Smith, and various other monkeys over the course of time made this song what it still is becoming.