TEDDY BEARS PICNIC
“The Teddy Bears’ Picnic” is a song written by John Walter Bratton in 1907, with lyrics
added in 1932 by prolific songwriter Jimmy Kennedy, and is still a popular tune recorded
by several artists and appearing in many children’s recordings. Ironically, one of the main
themes is strongly reminiscent of the celebrated Robert Browne Hall March “Death or
Glory” composed 12 years earlier. The song was recorded in the United Kingdom in 1932
by Henry Hall and His Orchestra with Val Rosing singing. The Hall rendition is perhaps
the most well-known in the UK and was featured in the Dennis Potter drama The Singing
Detective. The song has since been recorded by several singers including Bing Crosby,
Frank DeVol, Rosemary Clooney, Dave Van Ronk, Jerry Garcia, John Inman, Trout
Fishing in America, and Anne Murray.
If you go out in the woods today
You’re sure of a big surprise.
If you go out in the woods today
You’d better go in disguise.
For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain, because
Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Picnic time for teddy bears,
The little teddy bears are having a lovely time today.
Watch them, catch them unawares,
And see them picnic on their holiday.
See them gaily gather ’bout.
They love to play and shout.
They never have any cares.
At six o’clock their mommies and daddies
Will take them home to bed
Because they’re tired little teddy bears.
If you go out in the woods today,
You’d better not go alone.
It’s lovely out in the woods today,
But safer to stay at home.
For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain, because
Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic
CHORUS
Every teddy bear, that’s been good
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Hall Hall & His Orchestra…..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZANKFxrcKU