“The Teapot Song”<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n![\""The](\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/a\/ae\/Teapot_song_sheet_music_cover.jpg\" "\\"\"The")
“The Teapot Song” cover<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\nSong<\/a> by George Harry Sanders and Clarence Kelley<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nReleased<\/strong><\/td>\n1939<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nFormat<\/strong><\/td>\nSheet music<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nGenre<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nChildren’s music<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLabel<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nKelman Music Corporation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n“The Teapot Song”<\/strong> (commonly known as “I’m a Little Teapot”<\/strong>) is a song describing the heating and pouring of a teapot<\/a> or tea kettle. The song was originally written by George Harold Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley and published in 1939.[1]<\/a><\/sup>Ronnie Kemper is the singer who first sang this song and is represented in this photograph.<\/p>\nCreation<\/strong><\/h2>\nClarence 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<\/em>, which required minimal skill and encouraged natural pantomime<\/a>. Both the song and its accompanying dance, the “Teapot Tip”, became enormously popular in America and overseas.[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\nSong Text<\/strong><\/h2>\nI’m a little teapot,<\/p>\n
Short and stout,<\/p>\n
Here is my handle (one hand on hip),<\/p>\n
Here is my spout (other arm out with elbow and wrist bent),<\/p>\n
When I get all steamed up,<\/p>\n
Hear me shout,<\/p>\n
Tip me over and pour me out! (lean over toward spout)<\/p>\n
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Second verse:<\/p>\n
I’m a special teapot,<\/p>\n
Yes, it’s true,<\/p>\n
Here’s an example of what I can do,<\/p>\n
I can turn my handle into a spout, (switch arms)<\/p>\n
Tip me over and pour me out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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“The Teapot Song” cover<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Song<\/a> by George Harry Sanders and Clarence Kelley<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n “The Teapot Song”<\/strong> (commonly known as “I’m a Little Teapot”<\/strong>) is a song describing the heating and pouring of a teapot<\/a> or tea kettle. The song was originally written by George Harold Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley and published in 1939.[1]<\/a><\/sup>Ronnie Kemper is the singer who first sang this song and is represented in this photograph.<\/p>\n 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<\/em>, which required minimal skill and encouraged natural pantomime<\/a>. Both the song and its accompanying dance, the “Teapot Tip”, became enormously popular in America and overseas.[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n I’m a little teapot,<\/p>\n Short and stout,<\/p>\n Here is my handle (one hand on hip),<\/p>\n Here is my spout (other arm out with elbow and wrist bent),<\/p>\n When I get all steamed up,<\/p>\n Hear me shout,<\/p>\n Tip me over and pour me out! (lean over toward spout)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second verse:<\/p>\n I’m a special teapot,<\/p>\n Yes, it’s true,<\/p>\n Here’s an example of what I can do,<\/p>\n I can turn my handle into a spout, (switch arms)<\/p>\n Tip me over and pour me out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.\u00a0 A woman came to me looking for this song in my books so it set me on researching it so I found it on Wikipedia\u2026\u2026.Gail “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 … Continue reading The Teapot Song<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gailmcnaughton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gailmcnaughton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gailmcnaughton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gailmcnaughton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gailmcnaughton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4456"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gailmcnaughton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4460,"href":"https:\/\/gailmcnaughton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4456\/revisions\/4460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gailmcnaughton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gailmcnaughton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gailmcnaughton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n Released<\/strong><\/td>\n 1939<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Format<\/strong><\/td>\n Sheet music<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Genre<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n Children’s music<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Label<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n Kelman Music Corporation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Creation<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Song Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n