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Teddy Bear

2010.07.30

July 15, 2010
The name Teddy Bear comes from former United States President Theodore Roosevelt, whose nickname was "Teddy". The name originated from an incident on a bear-hunting trip in Mississippi in November 1902, to which Roosevelt was invited by Mississippi Governor Andrew H. Longino. There were several other hunters competing, and most of them had already killed an animal. A suite of Roosevelt's attendants, led by Holt Collier, cornered, clubbed, and tied an American Black Bear to a willow tree after a long exhausting chase with hounds. They called Roosevelt to the site and suggested that he should shoot it. He refused to shoot the bear himself, deeming this unsportsmanlike, but instructed that the bear be killed to put it out of its misery, and it became the topic of a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman in The Washington Post on November 16, 1902. While the initial cartoon of an adult black bear lassoed by a white handler and a disgusted Roosevelt had symbolic overtones, later issues of that and other Berryman cartoons made the bear smaller and cuter.
Morris Michtom saw the drawing of Roosevelt and the bear cub and was inspired to create a new toy. He created a little stuffed bear cub and put it in his shop window with a sign that read "Teddy's bear," after sending a bear to Roosevelt and receiving permission to use his name. The toys were an immediate success and Michtom founded the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
At the same time, in Germany the Steiff firm, unaware of Michtom's bear, produced a stuffed bear from Richard Steiff's designs. They exhibited the toy at the Leipzig Toy Fair in March 1903 and exported 3000 to the United States.
By 1906 manufacturers other than Michtom and Steiff had joined in and the craze for "Roosevelt Bears" was such that ladies carried them everywhere, children were photographed with them, and Roosevelt used one as a mascot in his bid for re-election.
American educator Seymour Eaton wrote the children's book series The Roosevelt Bears,[7] while composer John Bratton wrote "The Teddy Bear Two Step" which, with the addition of Jimmy Kennedy's lyrics, became the song "The Teddy Bears' Picnic".

If you go down in the woods today 
You're sure of a big surprise
 If you go down to the woods today
 You'd better go in disguise

  For ev'ry bear that ever there was 
Will gather there for certain, because 
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic    

Ev'ry teddy bear who's 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 
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 then, catch them unaware 
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 mummies and daddies
 Will take them home to bed
 'Cause they're tired little teddy bears

Henry Hall & His Orchestra - The Teddy Bear's Picnic (1932)
Puppet singing Teddy Bears Picnic
Teddy Bears' Picnic Sing-a-long Karaoke

I love teddy bears! and bears, and otters, and cubs, and cubbies and chubs and chubbies, and wooooves and woof, and wolves :p
LOL

this made me remember of a brasilian song called ''Meu ursinho'' which means ''My Teddy bear'' :P
it is in brasilian portuguese, so you probably won't understand, but i'll give you the link, if you've curiosity in listening to : Meu ursinho

and I translated the lyrics lol:

você roubou o meu ursinho
you stole my teddy bear
o meu ursinho eu vou querer
I want my teddy bear
se você não devolver
If you dont give me back
eu vou ter que te bater
I'll hit you
eu gostava muito dele
I really liked it
eu o amava bastante
I loved it
se você não devolver
if you don't give me back
eu vou te tacar uma estante
I'll hit you with a shelf

chorus:
meu ursinho uuuhhhhhh
my teddy bear uuuuh
meu ursinho uuuuhhhhh
my teddy bear uuuuh
meu ursinho uhhhhhhhh
my teddy bear uuuuuuh
meu ursinho
my teddy bear
A5
eu vou dizer pra tia
i'll tell aunty
e você vai se ferrar
and you'll be screwed
se você não devolver
if you don't give me back
eu vou ter que te quebrar
I'll break you out
era meu melhor amigo
it was my best friend
meu valor sentimental
it was something sentimental
se não devolver por bem
if you dont give me it good
vou te pegar por mal
i'll get you bad!
(refrão)
A5 D5
meu ursinho uuuuhhhhhh
A5 D5
meu ursinho uuuuhhhhhh
A5 D5
meu ursinho uuuuhhhhhh
A5
meu ursinho

:)))

onlyricky · 2010-07-16: 15:26