Back to the topic of bears... the last few posts made me think of "The Bear Missed the Train".
WHAT? you say?
Well, once upon a time there was a Yiddish song called "bei mir bist du schoen"
Which adapted to a totally unrelated english version was a monstrous hit for the Andrews Sisters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0gICPZ6grA
This song is still recorded, as it's just catchy as all get out. Here it is...I think.... in the original Yiddish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDb2x8QUI_k
But you see, musicians being who they are...that German and Yiddish stuff just didn't roll off American tongues. And so the tune's title, as a joke got metamorphosed into "The Bear Missed the Train"; which has gone on to just have a life of it's own!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iUgOLWmQwM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7IKG7QrvJg
So. There's your ursine musicology lesson for today.
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