Teddy Bear Teddy Bear Lyrics

The beloved nursery rhyme lyrics of teddy bear is a favorite to all children. It has catchy lyrics and tune that make children want to dance, sing and act out. Each verse in the rhyme tells Teddy Bear what to do during his day. First it says for him to turn around then to touch the ground. Then teddy bear is told to jump up high and touch the sky. Next, he is told to bend down low and touch his toes. Then at the end, he turns out the light and says good night.

Learning Tools
The patterns in the lyrics are such that they can be easily memorized and mimicked by even a very young child. As the child dances to the words of the rhyme, he or she is also doing some minor calisthenics, by jumping, stretching, bending and turning.This nursery rhyme is also teaching little ones to find their toes and reach for the sky. Both are a form of learning that the child isn’t even aware they are learning. They are just having fun with a cute little song. As well, the child is learning to go to sleep when it is bedtime without any fuss, because Teddy Bear goes right to sleep at bedtime.

Variations of the Rhyme
The rhyme is basically the same, even though it has been done in different ways. By people dressed up like the characters, by animated characters, and in slow motion by a girl with Teddy Bear ears to explain the song in full detail.

History of/Origination

The nursery rhyme “Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear” actually began as a jump rope song. The jumper would do the actions as the song was sung and jump the rope, too.
The song actually dates back to the 1920s, before Teddy Bears were called Teddy Bears; which was the name given in reference to the former president Teddy Roosevelt.

The rhyme actually can date back as far as the 18th century, which may actually be in connection with old murder ballads. There was actually a similar nursery rhyme, paraphrased by Tom Waits, which was considered to be “one of the creepiest nursery rhymes ever,”

There have been many variations, “Butterfly, Butterfly”, “Lady Bug, Lady Bug”, and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” has a similar rhyme scheme. This goes back to the 1740s, in the 1950s it was a common nursery rhyme one would sing if they found a lady bug on the way home from school.

It is hard to think back to the real origin of a nursery rhyme as it can be a good guess in some cases and just plain nonsense in the worst cases. However, this rhyme does seem to have some sort of long-lost meaning to it. Teddy-Bear, Teddy-Bear could be in connection to an old murder ballad in that it used to be “Butterfly, Butterfly,” and butterflies were thought to be the souls of the dead. Either way, it is pretty creepy to think that such a cute nursery rhyme that children love to sing and dance to can have such dark roots.