Healthy as a Bear

A message roughly similar to this song is found in the book None of These Diseases, by S. I. McMillen, M.D. Please practice good personal hygiene, isolation, and social distancing wherever possible until we’re done with this coronavirus thing. I’m a survivor of another virus: polio.

If you're allergic to sin and susceptible to right,
If you're infected with a grin and you're limping in the light,
If you're coming down with gratitude for all God's love and care,
Then you're fit as a fiddle and as healthy as a bear.

If your smile is contagious and you're breaking out in song,
If you're outraged at the outrageous and react against the wrong,
If you're sensitive to feelings and you tend to chronic prayer,
Then you're fit as a fiddle and as healthy as a bear.

They say that laughter does good just like a medicine,
And though you weep now, your joy need never end.
Since Jesus died, we can have a vaccination;
Because he lives, we can all be on the mend.

If your attitude is critical, as sometimes it may be,
Then when someone criticizes, you should take them seriously.
Take the bitter pills with patience; learn to love, forgive and care.
You'll be fit as a fiddle and as healthy as a bear!

© 1978, Dan Eumurian
www.LaCrossePiano.com