“Someone’s been eating my porridge said the daddy bear,
Someone’s been eating my porridge said the mama bear,
Hey Ba-ba Re-bear said the little wee bear someone has broken my chair!”

—  Bobby Troup

The Three Bears, first sung by the Page Cavanaugh Trio, 1946
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American actor and musician 1918–1999

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