Rock-A-Bye Your Bear

"Rock-a-Bye Your Bear" is one of the Wiggles' favourite songs. They always sing it in live shows and in some of their videos. It made its grand debut in The Wiggles self-titled release, "The Wiggles" back in 1991. The Purple Wiggle often falls asleep at the end of the song, or a teddy bear mascot.

This Wiggly classic was written by Anthony Field and Greg Page.

Song Credits:

Music & Lyrics: Anthony Field, Greg Page

Music Arrangement (1997 Version): Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page

Music Arrangement (2013 Version): Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins

Publisher (1991/1997 Version): EMI Music

Publisher (2013 Version): Wiggly Tunes

Listen

Lyrics

Everybody clap (clap clap clap)

Everybody sing (la la la la la)

Bow to your partner

Then you turn around (Yippee!)

Hands in the air, rock-a-bye your bear

Bears now asleep

Shh shh shh

Bears now asleep

Shh shh shh

(Repeat to Beginning)

("Bear's Now Asleep, Shh! Shh! Shh!" Is repeated as the song fades out)

Trivia

In the original 1991 album version, Jeff snores at the end and Anthony says "Turn that trumpet down! Bears are trying to sleep!".
The 2013 version was actually taped in a live studio with a teddy bear mascot who is sleeping at the end until the Wiggles wake him up. This can be seen in TV Series 7.
This song is usually one of the first songs performed in their concerts.
The instrumental track has three main versions. 1991-1996, a trumpet starts the song, from 1997 onward, an accordion starts the song, and since 2012, sometimes it starts with light piano.
The "yippee!" after "Then you turn around" wasn't yet added until 1996.
Anthony or Murray have played the guitar in this song.
On the [1]Hot Potatoes: The Best of The Wiggles In the bonus features, it says it has the original 1991 music video for this song, but it actually has the 1993 music video for this song.
It was the first animal song to be perform.