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Teddy Bears' Picnic facts for kids

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"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.

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  • Teddy Bears' Picnic ad 1908

    Advertisement for sheet music of "The Teddy Bears Picnic" as published in the Star Tribune newspaper in April 1908

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