{"id":661,"date":"2018-09-09T13:41:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T13:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=661"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:27:46","slug":"grizzly-bear","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/grizzly-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzly Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Title on Cover: \u201cThe Dance of the Grizzly Bear.\u201d<br>A 1910 popular song.<br>Words by Irving Berlin.<br>Music by George Botsford.<br>Copyright \u00a919 Apr 1910.<br>Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First published as an instrumental, The Grizzly Bear Rag (1910). Caused a dance sensation. Hear the instrumental at our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grizzly-Bear.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Grizzly Bear - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5a6837ad-4bff-4e33-b663-00fe931b2c7e\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grizzly-Bear.pdf\">Grizzly Bear &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grizzly-Bear.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5a6837ad-4bff-4e33-b663-00fe931b2c7e\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-33daefd8-dac8-4a87-9886-75924c163be0\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Grizzly-Bear.mid\">Grizzly Bear &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Grizzly-Bear.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-33daefd8-dac8-4a87-9886-75924c163be0\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Out in San Francisco where the weather&#8217;s fair<br>They have a dance out there<br>They call the grizzly bear<br>All your other lovin&#8217; dances don&#8217;t compare<br>Not so coony, but a little more than spoony<br>Talk about yo&#8217; bears that Teddy Roosevelt shot<br>They couldn&#8217;t class with what old San Francisco&#8217;s got<br>Listen, my honey, do, and I will show to you<br>The dance of the grizzly bear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Hug up close to your baby<br>Throw your shoulders t&#8217;ward the ceiling<br>Lawdy, Lawdy, what a feelin&#8217;<br>Snug up close to your lady<br>Close your eyes and do some nappin&#8217;<br>Something nice is gwine to happy<br>Hug up close to your baby<br>Sway me everywhere<br>Show your darlin&#8217; beau<br>Just how you go to Buffalo<br>Doin&#8217; the grizzly bear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Let\u2019s sit down and rest a minute, honey, dear<br>My head feels awful queer<br>Please call the waiter near<br>\u201cWater, water, quick the lady\u2019s gone I fear\u201d<br>\u201cThank you, honey, in my purse<br>You\u2019ll find some money<br>Where\u2019s the man who show\u2019d me<br>How to do that dance<br>That put me in a trance?<br>I\u2019ll take another chance<br>Now that I\u2019ve got my breath<br>I\u2019m his\u2019n until death<br>Come on with yo\u2019 grizzly Bear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Hug up close to your baby<br>Hypnotize me like a wizard<br>Shape yo\u2019self just like a blizzard<br>Snug up close to your lady<br>If they do that dance in heaven<br>Shoot me, hon\u2019, tonight at seven<br>Hug up close to your baby<br>Sway me everywhere<br>You and me is two<br>I\u2019ll make it one when we get through<br>Doin\u2019 the grizzly Bear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tdfJT7NreSc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] Title on Cover: \u201cThe Dance of the Grizzly Bear.\u201dA 1910 popular song.Words by Irving Berlin.Music by George Botsford.Copyright \u00a919 Apr 1910.Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz. First published as an instrumental, The Grizzly Bear Rag (1910). &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/grizzly-bear\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grizzly Bear&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-661","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-aF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5683,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661\/revisions\/5683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}