From: thacher@renbourn.unx.sas.com (Clarke Thacher)
Subject: Re: The Teddy Bear song from Capt Kangaroo
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:51:11 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.

In article <Bxtz7C.D9I@news.cso.uiuc.edu> weller@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Bonnie Weller) writes:
>My newborn got a stuffed toy that you wind up and it plays a song that 
>my mom says is the Teddy Bear song that Capt Kangaroo used to sing on
>his show.
>
>I would love to know the lyrics to it if anyone knows them
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Bonnie
>weller@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu


I just checked, and I found that I had saved this from someone else's 
posting.   

The song is also in _Rise_Up_Singing_, along with lots of other songs.
This book should probably be in a list of required books for most parents
and anyone else who might want to know the words to this song or any one 
of several hundred other songs that we end up asking "How do the words go?".

Anyway, here's the song.

Article: 10488 of rec.music.folk
From: karla@Shiva.COM (Karla Shapiro)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: Words to Teddy Bears Picnic WANTED
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 92 08:58:08 EDT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Shiva Corporation, Cambridge, Ma, USA

In article <1992Jan16.170454.13752@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> wbc@cs.dartmouth.edu (Wayne Cripps) writes:
>
>Could someone send me the definitive words to
>Teddy Bear's Picnic - I have a recording by
>Rosemary Clooney, but I think she leaves off the
>verse that starts:
>
>  If you go down in the woods today, you'd better not go alone
>  Its lovely down in the woods today, but safer to stay at home ...
>


If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a big surprise
If you go down to the woods today, you'd better go in disguise
'Cause every bear that ever there was will gather there for certain because
Today's the day the Teddy Bears have their picnic.

If you go down to the woods today, you'd better not go alone
It's lovely down in the woods today, but safer to stay at home
'Cause every bear...

Every Teddy Bear who's been good is sure of a treat today.
There's lots of wonderful things to eat and plenty of games to play.
Beneath the trees where nobody sees, they'll hide & seek as long as they
 please
'Cause that's the way the Teddy Bears like to picnic.

BRIDGE:

It's picnic time for Teddy Bears
The little teddy bears are having a wonderful time today
Watch them, catch them unawares
And see them picnic on their holiday
See them gaily gad about, they love to play and shout
They never have any cares.
At 6 O'Clock their mommies & daddies will take them home to bed
'Cause they're tired little teddy bears.



Hope that helps...

karla


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