Teddy Bears' Picnic
song composed by John W. Bratton, lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy
"Teddy Bears' Picnic" is a very popular song about teddy bears. The tune was composed by John Walter Bratton in 1907. The words were added by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy in 1932. Since then it has always been extremely popular as a children's song,. Many musicians have made recordings of it. A particularly famous recording was made in 1932 by Henry Hall. For more than 30 years this recording was used by BBC audio engineers to test audio equipment.
Other websites change
- lyrics and audio from the BBC Archived 2009-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
- [1] Archived 2021-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
- The original BBC recording along with information on Val Rosing, vocalist Archived 2006-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
- [2] Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
