The Teddy Bears Picnic
Lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy (1932)
Key: C
Music by John W. Bratton (1907)
Copyright 1932

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File Created 12/14/2014
File Updated 12/14/2023

Verse 1:

   Am     E7          Am       E7
If you go down in the woods to-day
       Am        E7      Am
You're sure of a big sur-prise.
   C      G7          C        G7
If you go down in the woods to-day
      C         G7     C
You'd better go in dis-guise!

    G7
For ev'ry bear that ever there was
     CmajA9           C6
Will gather there for certain because
   F         C       F           C
To-day's the day the Teddy Bears have
      G7  C
their pic-nic.

Verse 2:

Am    E7         Am         E7
Ev'ry Teddy Bear who's been good
   Am        E7    Am
Is sure of a treat today.
        C       G7        C         G7
There's lots of marvelous things to eat
    C         G7       C
And wonderful games to play.

   G7
Be-neath the trees where nobody sees
        CmajA9           C6
They'll hide and seek as long as they please
       F          C       F           C
'Cause that's the way the Teddy Bears have
      G7  C
their pic-nic.
 
Chorus:

C
Picnic time for Teddy Bears
The lit-tle Teddy Bears are having
  Dbdim  G7
A lovely time to-day.

G7          Gdim       G7
Watch them, catch them unawares,
                             C     DbdimDm7G7
And see them picnic on their hol-i-day.

C
See them gai-ly gad about.
They love to play and shout,
     C7             F
They never have any cares

                                 Gbdim
At six o'clock their Mummies and Daddies
     C                 Am
Will take them home to bed,
                 Dm7          G7    C    E7
Be-cause they’re tired little Teddy Bears

Verse 3:

Am        E7          Am       E7
If you go down in the woods to-day
    Am         E7   Am
You better not go a-lone
     C      G7          C        G7
It's lovely down in the woods to-day
    C        G7      C
But safer to stay at home.

    G7
For ev'ry bear that ever there was
     CmajA9           C6
Will gather there for certain because
   F         C       F           C
To-day's the day the Teddy Bears have
      G7  C
their pic-nic.

Chorus Repeat:

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