I’m a Little Teapot is an American song first published in 1939. Originally, the song was written by Clarence Kelley to help students master the “Waltz Clog” tap dance routine. The song and the accompanying moves proved to be very popular and the song made its way to households in the UK and Canada soon after. #I'mALittleTeapot#DanceAlong#Kids6yr old Bella sings I'm a little teapot with lyrics Sing and Dance Sing with Bella - Nursery Rhymes & Kids SongsFor new.

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'I'm a Little Teapot' is an American song describing the heating and pouring of a teapot or a whistling tea kettle. The song was originally written by George Harold Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley and published in 1939.^[1] By 1941, a Newsweek article referred to the song as 'the next inane novelty song to sweep the country'.^[2]

I'm a Little Teapot Lyrics: I'm a little teapot / Short and stout / Here is my handle / Here is my spout / When I get all steamed up / Hear me shout / Tip me over and pour me out! This updated, expanded edition of I Don't Want to Be a Teapot (1966) is a lively resource guide to great picture books, nursery rhymes, nonfiction, fingerplays, action songs, and craft ideas for preschool story time. Children's librarian Cobb has organized the material into 63 themes, but her focus is on good stories and songs rather than on sticking rigidly to a particular subject.

Creation[edit]

Kelley and his wife ran a dance school for children, which taught the 'Waltz Clog', a popular and easy-to-learn tap dance 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.^[3]

'I'm a Little Teapot' was recorded and made famous by Art Kassel and His Kassels in the Air orchestra with featured vocalist Marion Holmes singing the tune. It was published on Bluebird Records. Marion Holmes married Broadway, film, and TV star Don DeFore. Listen to songview Bluebird Record label

Dance[edit]

The song may be accompanied with actions: extending one arm in a curve like the spout, placing the other arm akimbo like the handle, and bending sideways to mimic pouring.

Lyrics[edit]

The original lyrics are as follows:^[4]

I'm a little teapot,
Short and stout,
Here is my handle
Here is my spout
When I get all steamed up,
Hear me shout,
Tip me over and pour me out!
I'm a very special teapot,
Yes, it's true,
Here's an example of what I can do,
I can turn my handle into a spout,
Tip me over and pour me out!

See also[edit]

• Tea for Two (song), an earlier North American song referring to tea, from 1925

References[edit]

1. ^Sanders, Ronald (January 1972). Reflections on a Teapot, the Personal History of a Time. Harper & Row, New York. ISBN978-0-06-013754-0.
2. ^Newsweek (1941), Vol. 18, p. 10.
3. ^Clark, Garth (October 2001). The Artful Teapot. Watson-Guptill. ISBN0-8230-0319-1.
4. ^https://lyricstranslate.com/en/George-Harry-Sanders-Teapot-Song-Im-Little-Teapot-lyrics.html

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