"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 is the original (and most difficult) for "piano solo" with download links included on the left-hand menu or further down this page if you scroll down. Other versions on mfiles include the following arrangements: Intermediate Piano, Easy Piano and Bassoon and Piano.
Here is a video of The Teddy Bears' Picnic for Piano Solo:
The audio controls below allow you to play the mp3 version of The Teddy Bears' Picnic for Piano Solo or you can download the MP3 file. You can also download the midi version of The Teddy Bears' Picnic for Piano Solo.
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 Piano Solo in PDF format.
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