Lyr Req: Lazy Brown Bear

Subject: Lyr Req: Lazy Brown Bear
From: GUEST,Stacy - email to Joe Offer
Date: 22 Dec 17 - 01:43 PM

I am trying to find what Silver Burdett Grade School music book from the 1950-1960's this song is in. The lyrics are as follows:

With a bend and a stretch and a yawn, Brown Bear woke up in the spring.
With a bend and a stretch and a yawn, Brown Bear was hungry for anything.
Strawberries, _____, ____, fruit? and a golden pear.
Brown bear was hungry, hungry as a bear.



Thank you,

Stacy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lazy Brown Bear
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 Dec 17 - 01:46 PM

Hi, Stacy -

The name of the song is "Lazy Brown Bear - A Song Story," words and music by Daniel Hooley. It's on page 128 of the 1966 school songbook titled "Music for Young Americans: Discovering Music," published by the American Book Company. It's the second-grade volume of the series. Quite possibly, it's also in earlier editions. We have fairly complete indexes of the Silver Burdett school songbooks, and I doubt that you'll find the song there.
Here's the Google Books listing: https://books.google.com/books?id=MhIjAAAAMAAJ&q=%22with+a+bend%22+yawn+bear&dq=%22with+a+bend%22+yawn+bear


Unfortunately, none of us at Mudcat really liked the books from the American Book Company, so we did not collect them. You can buy a copy of the book from ABE Books:
>https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=%22Music+for+Young+Americans%3A+Discovering+Music%22&sts=t



Here's my original Google search, which gives snippets of the song:
>https://www.google.com/search?q=%22with+a+bend%22+yawn+bear&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSz6iYmp7YAhULRCYKHemtCNkQ_AUIECgB&biw=1920&bih=949



I've posted your request at the Mudcat Cafe. Maybe somebody will answer in the next few days. Watch this link:
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=163328&messages=1



Hope that helps.


Joe Offer, Music Editor, The Mudcat Cafe Folk Music Forum

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lazy Brown Bear
From: Joe Offer
Date: 25 Dec 17 - 04:44 AM

Refresh. Anybody have this book?
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lazy Brown Bear
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Aug 22 - 03:50 PM

I starred as brown bear in a grade school musical 55 years ago. Today I was riding my mountain bike in the mountains and this came back to me. The bears are everywhere this year lol.

With a bend and a stretch and a yawn, brown bear woke up in the spring.
With a bend and a stretch and a yawn, brown bear was hungry for anything.
Strawberries, cherries and honey and berries…

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lazy Brown Bear
From: GUEST,Justin "Good Mr Turtle"
Date: 02 Mar 26 - 05:09 PM

I've successfully been able to purchase one of the books.usic for Young Americans Volume 2. They pop up occasionally on eBay, and I was able to snag one in pretty good condition. Brown Bear had illustrations, the music, and lyrics.

https://ebay.us/m/7A0ugV

For years, I've been hunting down this song because of its family ties to me.

My great-grandmother, who just passed, would sing, "Lazy Brown Bear" song to me as a lullaby. When my daughter was born, after a difficult c-section, this song was the only thing I could think of. Therefore, this being the first song my daughter heard, as well as a way to remember my granny, I'm desperately looking for the record/a digital copy of the official audio from the vinyl that came with the book. I'm pretty close to finding it and I'll send it if I do.