[Billie]

September 9, 2008


(Just Wanna be Your) Teddy Bear ~ Elvis Presley

(words & music by Mann-Low)

Baby let me be
your lovin' Teddy Bear
Put a chain around my neck
and lead me anywhere
Oh let me be (oh let him be)
Your Teddy Bear

I don't wanna be a tiger
'Cause tigers play too rough
I don't wanna be a lion
'Cause lions ain't the kind you love enough
Just wanna be, your Teddy Bear
Put a chain around my neck
and lead me anywhere
Oh let me be (oh let him be)
Your Teddy Bear

Baby let me be, around you every night
Run your fingers through my hair
And cuddle me real tight
Oh let me be (oh let him be)
Your Teddy Bear

I don't wanna be a tiger
'Cause tigers play too rough
I don't wanna be a lion
'Cause lions ain't the kind you love enough
Just wanna be, your teddy bear
Put a chain around my neck
and lead me anywhere
Oh let me be (oh let him be)
Your teddy bear
Oh let me be (oh let him be)
Your teddy bear

I just wanna be your teddy bear

[Billie]

I'm having the worst time staying connected this morning, so please bear with me - have many "Let's be Teddy Bears" to post if I don't get kicked off.

Teddy Bears on Parade ~ 5-8-06

How many do you have? Do you still have your childhood Teddy Bear? Did you ever wonder how Teddy Bears got their name? For any of you who didn't know - or don't remember the story behind the name of these squeezable, huggable little stuffed bears.......very briefly, it goes like this:

In November of 1902, Theodore Roosevelt, our 26th President, went on a hunting trip near Little Sunflower River in Mississippi. To make sure that the President had an easy target and wouldn't go home empty-handed, his hosts had captured and stunned a little bear cub and tied him to a tree. President Roosevelt, however, refused to shoot the defenseless cub and made them set it free.

The press who were covering Roosevelt's visit quickly heard of the incident, and the Washington Star's political cartoonist Clifford Berryman drew a cartoon of the incident entitled Drawing the line at Mississippi. The cartoon, which emphasized the helplessness of the cub, was printed in all the papers, and Roosevelt's popularity soared as a result of his actions. For the rest of his political career President Roosevelt's mascot was 'Teddy's Bear', which Berryman continued to use in all his cartoons and which played a key part in the Presidents successful re-election campaign of 1905.

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[grannie9]

Billie, your morning graphics are terrific! I loooove Teddy Bears, and all those are adorable. Where did you find all those cute ones?

I can’t speak for the others...but I look just like that. Yes, my hair is that white, lol. I won’t mention the belly....sighhhh.

Good morning...! Rotten day here, expecting storms with wind and rain. The rain we can use, but when the wind blows all I see is falling leaves and I’m not up to that yet. Sheeesh, where did summer go?

[Lady Jag]

[pollywog]

What memories!! Haven’t heard Elvis’ “ Teddy Bear” in a long time!!! ..