The Teapot Song

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“The Teapot Song”
“The Teapot Song” cover
Song by George Harry Sanders and Clarence Kelley
Released	1939
Format	Sheet music
Genre	Children’s music
Label	Kelman Music Corporation

“The Teapot Song” (commonly known as “I’m a Little Teapot”) is a song describing the heating and pouring of a teapot or tea kettle. The song was originally written by George Harold Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley and published in 1939.^[1]Ronnie Kemper is the singer who first sang this song and is represented in this photograph.

Creation

Clarence Kelley and his wife ran a dance school for children, which taught the “Waltz Clog”, a popular and easy-to-learn tap routine. This routine, however, proved too difficult for the younger students to master. To solve this problem, George Sanders wrote The Teapot Song, which required minimal skill and encouraged natural pantomime. Both the song and its accompanying dance, the “Teapot Tip”, became enormously popular in America and overseas.^[2]

Song Text

I’m a little teapot,

Short and stout,

Here is my handle (one hand on hip),

Here is my spout (other arm out with elbow and wrist bent),

When I get all steamed up,

Hear me shout,

Tip me over and pour me out! (lean over toward spout)

 

Second verse:

I’m a special teapot,

Yes, it’s true,

Here’s an example of what I can do,

I can turn my handle into a spout, (switch arms)

Tip me over and pour me out!