A popular song from 1906
Words by Jack Norworth
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Gerd Westendorp:
Lyrics
- A little brown bear in a toy shop once
Had been up on the shelf for about two months
If that little brown bear hadn’t been such a dunce
He’d been sold long ago allright
But he looked so glum and he didn’t seem gay
Till a wee little girl in the shop one day
Said, “I guess I’ll take you home to play
It was true love at first sight
It was true love at first sight, then
Chorus
Bessie wandered home
The little bear beneath her arm
She vowed that she’d protect him
From all kinds of harm
She showed him how to bend his arms and knees
She even taught him how to hug and squeeze
Sitting on the kitchen stairs
Right where the pale moon shone
The little bear kept saying
“Won’t you be my own”
And the big round moon saw them kiss and spoon
Bessie and her little brown bear
- Once Bessie went out with her little brown bear
For a walk in the park and some nice fresh air
But the bear for such things did not seem to care
ON a bench in the park they sat
He spied a little girl that was dressed up in pink
And his shoe-button eyes gave a roguish wink
Then Bessie got wise and said, “I think
That’ll be about all for that
That’ll be about all for that”, then