{"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":"2023-05-17T20:34:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T20:34:40","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\">The dance of the grizzly bear<br>a 1910 popular song<br>words by Irving Berlin<br>music by George Botsford<\/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\/2018\/09\/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-82032038-f7be-4d7a-8b59-56e730126f86\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Grizzly-Bear.pdf\">Grizzly Bear &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Grizzly-Bear.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-82032038-f7be-4d7a-8b59-56e730126f86\">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.] The dance of the grizzly beara 1910 popular songwords by Irving Berlinmusic by George Botsford First published as an instrumental, The Grizzly Bear Rag (1910). Caused a dance sensation. Hear the instrumental at our website. The sheet music: &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":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"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":3957,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661\/revisions\/3957"}],"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}]}}