Back in the days when the BBC weren't afraid of complaints.
If you go down in the woods to-day
You've better not go alone.
It's lovely down in the woods to-day
But safer to stay at home.
For ev'ry Bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain because
To-day's the day the Teddy Bears have their picnic.
I have in my hands the sheet music to The Teddy Bears Picnic as featured by the BBC Dance Hall Orchestra. I can't see a date, but it's definitely really old.
The artwork is great. Sinister...a creepy, barren forest with a dark-orange backdrop. Like a nuclear twilight or something. Along the bottom there 6 are zombie-like bears, sort of silhouetted - looks like they're shuffling along in line, grinning away maniacally. I don't know how to describe it better than that.
I'm not sure this is the very best clip, but it did remind me of a certain film. It put me in mind of something like this:
Click to viewGets me wondering about the history of that song.