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They were on the train and at their easeWhen the conductor called out “Tickets, please.”“We have no tickets,” said TEDDY-G,“But cash we have, as you will see,And to Washington we want to goTo see the President and to let him knowThat we are fully satisfiedThat Uncle Sam is tall and wideAnd big around, of mighty girth,The greatest show on all the earth;His boys and girls are full of funFrom Omaha to Washington.”But the conductor said, “You ought to knowIf to Washington you want to goYou’ve started wrong; this train you’re onIs a Pittsburg special from Washington;And to-morrow morning, if we’re not late,You’ll be in Pittsburg at half-past eight.”

They were on the train and at their ease

When the conductor called out “Tickets, please.”

“We have no tickets,” said TEDDY-G,

“But cash we have, as you will see,

And to Washington we want to go

To see the President and to let him know

That we are fully satisfied

That Uncle Sam is tall and wide

And big around, of mighty girth,

The greatest show on all the earth;

His boys and girls are full of fun

From Omaha to Washington.”

But the conductor said, “You ought to knowIf to Washington you want to goYou’ve started wrong; this train you’re onIs a Pittsburg special from Washington;And to-morrow morning, if we’re not late,You’ll be in Pittsburg at half-past eight.”

But the conductor said, “You ought to know

If to Washington you want to go

You’ve started wrong; this train you’re on

Is a Pittsburg special from Washington;

And to-morrow morning, if we’re not late,

You’ll be in Pittsburg at half-past eight.”

The Bears looked dazed and then looked mad,And then they laughed and both looked glad.Said TEDDY-B, “Pay up the fares;We’ll pass to-morrow as millionairesAnd found a library and put through a dealOf high finance in oil or steel.”But TEDDY-G didn’t think so far;He thought of night and the sleeping car;He recalled some cranky things he saidWhen they made him sleep in an upper bedOn a train out West, and the banjo song,And the things they did a little wrongTill both were put right off the trainOn a Kansas farm in a shower of rain.The conductor heard this wise remark:“If on this train, when the night is dark,You want this Bear to behave himself,Don’t make him sleep on a Pullman shelf.”

The Bears looked dazed and then looked mad,And then they laughed and both looked glad.

The Bears looked dazed and then looked mad,

And then they laughed and both looked glad.

Said TEDDY-B, “Pay up the fares;We’ll pass to-morrow as millionairesAnd found a library and put through a dealOf high finance in oil or steel.”

Said TEDDY-B, “Pay up the fares;

We’ll pass to-morrow as millionaires

And found a library and put through a deal

Of high finance in oil or steel.”

But TEDDY-G didn’t think so far;He thought of night and the sleeping car;

But TEDDY-G didn’t think so far;

He thought of night and the sleeping car;

He recalled some cranky things he saidWhen they made him sleep in an upper bedOn a train out West, and the banjo song,And the things they did a little wrongTill both were put right off the trainOn a Kansas farm in a shower of rain.

He recalled some cranky things he said

When they made him sleep in an upper bed

On a train out West, and the banjo song,

And the things they did a little wrong

Till both were put right off the train

On a Kansas farm in a shower of rain.

The conductor heard this wise remark:“If on this train, when the night is dark,You want this Bear to behave himself,Don’t make him sleep on a Pullman shelf.”

The conductor heard this wise remark:

“If on this train, when the night is dark,

You want this Bear to behave himself,

Don’t make him sleep on a Pullman shelf.”

But the trip was made without mishapAnd both the Bears enjoyed a napIn lower berths till eight o’clock,When the porter gave their berths a knockAnd said, “Get up; it’s broad day light;The Iron City is now in sight.”But things outside looked black as nightAnd said TEDDY-B, “Do you mean to sayThat this is Pittsburg and this is day?”The man replied, “Get up; that’s smoke;Take my advice and when you jokeAbout this town, don’t do it loud,For Pittsburg people live in a cloud,And their ideas about a bearMay be colored some by Pittsburg air.”“What’s that you say?” called TEDDY-G,“You seem to know your geography,But let me say right here and now,I’ll teach your Pittsburg people howTo dance and sing, to laugh and joke,In mountain air or city smoke,For they must know this very dayThat Pittsburg too was made for play.”

But the trip was made without mishap

And both the Bears enjoyed a nap

In lower berths till eight o’clock,

When the porter gave their berths a knock

And said, “Get up; it’s broad day light;

The Iron City is now in sight.”

But things outside looked black as nightAnd said TEDDY-B, “Do you mean to sayThat this is Pittsburg and this is day?”

But things outside looked black as night

And said TEDDY-B, “Do you mean to say

That this is Pittsburg and this is day?”

The man replied, “Get up; that’s smoke;Take my advice and when you jokeAbout this town, don’t do it loud,For Pittsburg people live in a cloud,And their ideas about a bearMay be colored some by Pittsburg air.”“What’s that you say?” called TEDDY-G,“You seem to know your geography,But let me say right here and now,I’ll teach your Pittsburg people howTo dance and sing, to laugh and joke,In mountain air or city smoke,For they must know this very dayThat Pittsburg too was made for play.”

The man replied, “Get up; that’s smoke;

Take my advice and when you joke

About this town, don’t do it loud,

For Pittsburg people live in a cloud,

And their ideas about a bear

May be colored some by Pittsburg air.”

“What’s that you say?” called TEDDY-G,

“You seem to know your geography,

But let me say right here and now,

I’ll teach your Pittsburg people how

To dance and sing, to laugh and joke,

In mountain air or city smoke,

For they must know this very day

That Pittsburg too was made for play.”

They took a cab to a big hotelWhere things are done both smart and swell;And breakfast over, TEDDY-B

They took a cab to a big hotel

Where things are done both smart and swell;

And breakfast over, TEDDY-B

On mischief bent, went out to seeWhat the telegraph and phone could doTo get a crowd their tricks to view.He called up schools, every one in town,And ordered all the children downTo the Old Block House at noon to seeThe Teddy Bears teach history.

On mischief bent, went out to seeWhat the telegraph and phone could doTo get a crowd their tricks to view.

On mischief bent, went out to see

What the telegraph and phone could do

To get a crowd their tricks to view.

He called up schools, every one in town,And ordered all the children downTo the Old Block House at noon to seeThe Teddy Bears teach history.

He called up schools, every one in town,

And ordered all the children down

To the Old Block House at noon to see

The Teddy Bears teach history.

Then on the Mayor he played a larkBy ordering the police to Schenley Park,To be locked up there till after dark;“For,” said TEDDY-B, “the police you knowMight spoil our little Block House show.”At costume shops each Teddy BearBought a lot of Indian things to wear.They planned at the Old Block House to meetAt the corner of a near-by street,And from that spot like Indians raceAnd take possession of the place.They did the trick in Wild West style;Their whoops and yells were heard a mile;

Then on the Mayor he played a lark

By ordering the police to Schenley Park,

To be locked up there till after dark;

“For,” said TEDDY-B, “the police you know

Might spoil our little Block House show.”

At costume shops each Teddy BearBought a lot of Indian things to wear.They planned at the Old Block House to meetAt the corner of a near-by street,And from that spot like Indians raceAnd take possession of the place.They did the trick in Wild West style;Their whoops and yells were heard a mile;

At costume shops each Teddy Bear

Bought a lot of Indian things to wear.

They planned at the Old Block House to meet

At the corner of a near-by street,

And from that spot like Indians race

And take possession of the place.

They did the trick in Wild West style;

Their whoops and yells were heard a mile;

But the fight was short; no one to scare;There wasn’t a soul there anywhere.They made the place from roof to floorLike seventeen hundred and sixty-fourAnd put things into shape to foolThe boys and girls from every school.

But the fight was short; no one to scare;

There wasn’t a soul there anywhere.

They made the place from roof to floor

Like seventeen hundred and sixty-four

And put things into shape to fool

The boys and girls from every school.

The children came, five thousand strong,A happy, merry, lively throng;The little ones by teachers ledTo study history, they said,But the history lesson learned that dayWas livelier stuff, the fellows say,Than most boys learn at public school;For it didn’t follow any rule,But just shot off with laughter loudIn every corner of the crowd.The Teddy Bears, as Indians brave,Did everything but behave:They chased each other round the BlockWith bow and arrow and tomahawk;

The children came, five thousand strong,A happy, merry, lively throng;

The children came, five thousand strong,

A happy, merry, lively throng;

The little ones by teachers ledTo study history, they said,

The little ones by teachers led

To study history, they said,

But the history lesson learned that dayWas livelier stuff, the fellows say,

But the history lesson learned that day

Was livelier stuff, the fellows say,

Than most boys learn at public school;For it didn’t follow any rule,But just shot off with laughter loudIn every corner of the crowd.

Than most boys learn at public school;

For it didn’t follow any rule,

But just shot off with laughter loud

In every corner of the crowd.

The Teddy Bears, as Indians brave,Did everything but behave:They chased each other round the BlockWith bow and arrow and tomahawk;

The Teddy Bears, as Indians brave,

Did everything but behave:

They chased each other round the Block

With bow and arrow and tomahawk;

“They chased each other round the Block with bow and arrow and tomahawk.”

They climbed to the roof and danced a jigAnd called to children small and bigTo catch the arrows every timeAnd bring them back and get a dime;And then to finish up the sportThey asked the boys to take the fort:The boys to be the soldiers boldAnd they as Indians the place to hold.In this the boys came out ahead;The Bears pretended they were dead,While the boys to do the thing up wellSent two dead Bears to the hotel.In half an hour they lived againAnd were out on bicycles for a spin;

They climbed to the roof and danced a jig

And called to children small and big

To catch the arrows every time

And bring them back and get a dime;

And then to finish up the sport

They asked the boys to take the fort:

The boys to be the soldiers bold

And they as Indians the place to hold.

In this the boys came out ahead;The Bears pretended they were dead,While the boys to do the thing up wellSent two dead Bears to the hotel.In half an hour they lived againAnd were out on bicycles for a spin;

In this the boys came out ahead;

The Bears pretended they were dead,

While the boys to do the thing up well

Sent two dead Bears to the hotel.

In half an hour they lived again

And were out on bicycles for a spin;

This time to see men making steel,And in Highland Park to have a wheel,And to see the Zoo and the Bridge of Sighs,And Luna Park, where they won the prize.In the afternoon they put up a larkAt the entrance gate of Highland Park.A little lad who flew a kiteHad got the string caught good and tightOn the entrance post when TEDDY-GClimbed up the post and said that heWould untie the knot and start the kiteUp to the sky and out of sight.A rope was lying twirled aroundWhere workmen left it on the ground,And TEDDY-G as quick as winkAnd before the men had time to thinkCaught up the rope and made it tightFrom post to post, from left to right,And out he went like a circus clownAnd whirled around, head up and down,And walked the rope and made more playThan folks had seen for many a day.

This time to see men making steel,And in Highland Park to have a wheel,And to see the Zoo and the Bridge of Sighs,And Luna Park, where they won the prize.

This time to see men making steel,

And in Highland Park to have a wheel,

And to see the Zoo and the Bridge of Sighs,

And Luna Park, where they won the prize.

In the afternoon they put up a larkAt the entrance gate of Highland Park.A little lad who flew a kiteHad got the string caught good and tightOn the entrance post when TEDDY-GClimbed up the post and said that heWould untie the knot and start the kiteUp to the sky and out of sight.

In the afternoon they put up a lark

At the entrance gate of Highland Park.

A little lad who flew a kite

Had got the string caught good and tight

On the entrance post when TEDDY-G

Climbed up the post and said that he

Would untie the knot and start the kite

Up to the sky and out of sight.

A rope was lying twirled aroundWhere workmen left it on the ground,And TEDDY-G as quick as winkAnd before the men had time to thinkCaught up the rope and made it tightFrom post to post, from left to right,And out he went like a circus clownAnd whirled around, head up and down,And walked the rope and made more playThan folks had seen for many a day.

A rope was lying twirled around

Where workmen left it on the ground,

And TEDDY-G as quick as wink

And before the men had time to think

Caught up the rope and made it tight

From post to post, from left to right,

And out he went like a circus clown

And whirled around, head up and down,

And walked the rope and made more play

Than folks had seen for many a day.

At six o’clock they said good-byeTo busy streets and smoky skyAnd to boys and girls for the day of funAnd started back towards Washington.Said TEDDY-B, as a town they passedWhere furnaces made fiery blast,“I’d rather be a Teddy BearThan stand that heat and work in there;But this old world was made, they say,So that men would work and bears could play.”

At six o’clock they said good-byeTo busy streets and smoky skyAnd to boys and girls for the day of funAnd started back towards Washington.

At six o’clock they said good-bye

To busy streets and smoky sky

And to boys and girls for the day of fun

And started back towards Washington.

Said TEDDY-B, as a town they passedWhere furnaces made fiery blast,“I’d rather be a Teddy BearThan stand that heat and work in there;But this old world was made, they say,So that men would work and bears could play.”

Said TEDDY-B, as a town they passed

Where furnaces made fiery blast,

“I’d rather be a Teddy Bear

Than stand that heat and work in there;

But this old world was made, they say,

So that men would work and bears could play.”

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