The Teddy Bears arrive home
As they crossed the country from East to West
They stayed in their sleeping car to rest;
And but once or twice looked out to see
The towns passed through and country.
Said TEDDY-G, “I’d like again
To see that farm where we have been,
And that country school and those boys at play,
For that was our very jolliest day.”
“What I wish most,” said TEDDY-B,
“Is when we get off this train that we
Shall have those horses to carry our load
Back over the hills on the mountain road.”
The horses were there with saddle and rein
And met the Bears at the railway train,
And six mountain goats like baggage men
Were there to help them to the glen.
As back they traveled that mountain road,
The goats heaped high with the baggage load,
And the Teddy Bears on broncho backs,
Piled front and back with loaded sacks,
They looked like bandits with their spoil,
Or highwaymen after a day of toil,
Or perhaps more like true knights of old
Returning home with captured gold.
As they approached the place where they were born
TEDDY-G blew loud on a trumpet horn
A West Point bugle call he knew,
And a thousand friends came into view,
The Teddy Bears to greet with cheers
By this animal camp of mountaineers;
“The Teddy Bears on Broncho backs piled front and back with loaded sacks.”
For the news had scattered far and wide
When the Bears would reach the mountain side,
And the crowd had come from far and near
To welcome back two friends so dear.
The old bobcat with the bandaged knee
Was the first to shake with TEDDY-B,
And a young cougar and a panther bold
Helped TEDDY-G his load to hold,
And two big-horn sheep and a mountain deer
Stood up on stumps to lead each cheer,
And hundreds more gave welcome hand
To the most famous bears in all the land.
They had gifts for each bought in the East
And they passed them round at the evening feast,
And then told stories for nights and days
About their trip and the city ways,
And the fun they had and the tricks they played
And the things they saw and where they stayed,
And last and best, the time they spent
In Washington with the President.
“They had gifts for each bought in the East, and they passed them round at the evening feast.”
As the Bears turned in to their own home nest
And curled up snug for the winter’s rest,
Said TEDDY-G, as he fell asleep,
“If I should pray for things to keep
Of what I’ve seen either East or West,
Its boys and girls I like the best.”