“Your advice is right,” said TEDDY-B, And out they went the clowns to see. The clowns were scared when they saw the Bears Step up behind them unawares, And they ran for doors at left and right And as quick as wink were out of sight.
Copyright, 1907, by Edward Stern & Co., Inc.
“As Dublin Mike and Pat from Cork, They came on the stage to look for work.” ]
But they were ordered back to earn their fee And to take a turn with TEDDIES-B and G. And from that hour the play went smart For the two bears helped in every part. They made those two clowns march and sing, Jump over chairs and through a ring, And climb up poles and ride a wheel And do a clog-dance, toe and heel. And when they finished amid loud applause The Bears ran off on all four paws With the clowns on backs with jolly noise Throwing kisses back to girls and boys. The orchestra played “A Boy called Taps” And then appeared a troupe of Japs: A dozen little men in tights, The heroes of a hundred fights.
For a little while the Bears stood by And watched the Japs their muscles try, And saw them balance balls and bricks On parasols and billiard sticks, And climb up ladders out of sight And fall again and land all right.
Then TEDDY-B said he’d like to do A Western schoolboy trick he knew. He made the Japs stand in a row And take hold of hands and not let go. Then he caught one end and with whirling clip He showed them how to crack the whip.
The Japs went whizzing in the air And whirled in circles everywhere; But they did the trick so smart and neat That every Jap lit on his feet.
A man with hoops was next to play And he asked if TEDDY-G would stay And help him show the boys and girls How wooden hoops were taught their twirls. But this trick with hoops put TEDDY-G In so many circles he couldn’t see.
They came flying at him through the air And rolling in from everywhere; And try his best he couldn’t throw A single hoop and make it go.
He was hooped around from head to paw, The funniest sight you ever saw; But he enjoyed the fun and said that he Wore rings enough that day for three.
But the jolliest thing that day was when The two Bears dressed as Irishmen: A Dublin Mike and a Pat from Cork Came on the stage to look for work; TEDDY-G as Mike with workman’s hod And TEDDY-B as Pat from Blarney sod;