"The Teddy Bears' Picnic" (with or without the apostrophe) is a popular children's song. It started life as an instrumental piece composed in 1907 by the American composer John Walter Bratton (1867-1947). Since then several songwriters have added lyrics to the piece to turn it into a song. The most familiar lyrics ("If you go down to the woods today..." etc.) were written in 1942 by the Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy (1902-1984). In this form with Kennedy's lyrics, numerous artists have performed and recorded the song, and it has been included on various albums of children's popular music.
On mfiles we have gone back to the original music to publish a number of instrumental versions. The one on this page has been arranged for Bassoon and Piano by Jim Paterson. The sheet music score and parts can be downloaded using the links on the left-hand menu, or scroll further down this page for additional resources. Three other versions are also available on mfiles for piano, but in different levels of difficulty: Piano Solo, Intermediate Piano and Easy Piano.
Here is a video of The Teddy Bears' Picnic for Bassoon and Piano:
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The image below is the first page of the sheet music, and here you can download the full sheet music for The Teddy Bears' Picnic for Bassoon and Piano in PDF format.
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