Teddy Bears' Picnic Day 2025 is on Thursday, July 10, 2025: What are the words to the song "Teddy Bear Picnic?"?
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Teddy Bear's Picnic
Lyrics: Jimmy Kennedy
Music: John W Bratton
Played occasionally by Jerry Garcia as a "tuning" jam between songs with the Grateful Dead. Jerry played it live a couple of times with David Grisman (with lyrics),and recorded it on "Not For Kids Only." It was also played a few times by Nicky Hopkins with the Jerry Garcia Band in 1975.
Also played by Bob Weir with The Dead as a short instrumental.
If you go down to the woods today
You're sure of a big surprise
If you go down to the woods today
You 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
Every teddy bear whose been good
Is sure of a treat today
There's lots of marvelous things to eat
And wonderful games to play
Beneath the trees, where nobody sees
They'll hide and seek as long as they please
'Cause that's the way 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 gad about
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 down in the woods today
You better not go alone
It's lovely down in the woods today
But safer to stay at home
For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there together because
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic
lyrics to teddy bear picnic?
WORDS TO THE TEDDY BEAR's PICNIC SONG
(if you don't know the tune, check this site)
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 dance about.
They love to play and shout.
And 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
Is sure of a treat today
There's lots of wonderful things to eat
And wonderful games to play
Beneath the trees, where nobody sees
They'll hide and seek as long as they please
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic
CHORUS
Teddy Bear Picnic song...?
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.
The song was recorded in the United Kingdom in 1932 by Henry Hall and His Orchestra EMI SH 172, 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.
The piece was also popular as a theme song or background music in various films and programs:
The instrumental version appears briefly in the musical score to accompany Buster Keaton's silent film The General. It was also frequently used as background music in Looney Toons.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s it was used as the theme song for the Big Jon and Sparkie radio program, a children's show presented on weekdays and Saturday mornings. This version used was performed by organist Ethel Smith. The Saturday Show was later named "No School Today".
The song features prominently in Peter Greenaway's film A Zed & Two Noughts, and is sung by characters in the film.
The song is also featured in the CGI movie Open Season where Boog's teddy bear plays the melody when its string is pulled, and the words are recited by various character throughout the film.
The song appears briefly in the film version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
The song is featured in the third episode of The Young Ones,entitled "Boring". When the roommates are away at the pub, various inanimate objects in the flat come to life. The song plays as a young girl enters the flat and tastes all three bowls of food that sit on the table.
The Song serves as the theme song for the Commodore 64 game "The Hunchback", by Ocean, and for the BBC Micro game "Nemesis" by Micro Power.
In November 2005 a commercial for the Xbox game console featured the Henry Hall/Val Rosing version as the primary soundtrack.
The background music of Gruntilda's Lair in Banjo-Kazooie is also based on this song.
In an episode of The Simpsons, Bart recites part of the lyrics in Moe's bar.