columbia F.B.2816.
illustration by ib, after the cure's "a forest".
This city is too filthy and sticky this weather to stay cooped up like chickens hiding from a fox.
"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."
The song is widely acknowledged to have originally been written by John W. Bratton as an instrumental in 1904, one of a number of "'humorous' pokes at Theodore Roosevelt following his refusal to shoot a bear cub whilst hunting". The lyrics were a later addition by Irish composer James B. Kennedy.
We'll be safe.
We intend to camp out in a wigwam. And not feed the bears.
See you soon.
▼ HENRY HALL & HIS (BBC) DANCE ORCHESTRA:
THE TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC from "The Teddy Bears' Picnic" 78rpm (COLUMBIA) 1933 (UK)
HENRY ROBERT HALL
