tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post5349776121020202647..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: "Grizzly Bear" (as sung by Black Texas Prison Inmates, 1951) Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-24535608710821768452022-12-04T09:50:35.390-05:002022-12-04T09:50:35.390-05:00Hello, August.
Thanks for adding to the folklori...Hello, August. <br /><br />Thanks for adding to the folkloric record by sharing your memories of the "Grizzly Bear" song.<br /><br /> Thanks also to your teacher for teaching those other African American songs .<br /><br />I'm African American and knew those other songs, but never knew about "Grizzly Bear" before reading about that song online.<br /><br />Best wishes!Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-90280538977464175882022-12-04T06:19:10.969-05:002022-12-04T06:19:10.969-05:00I too stumbled across this page while doing quick ...I too stumbled across this page while doing quick research on a childhood memory. This song definitely was included from a children's songbook that was an approved part of the curriculum in South Carolina c. 1970. We sang it, along with Kumbaya and Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham, in 6th grade at Crayton Elementary School in Columbia, SC. Our class was all white, as was our teacher, and she never explained the lyrics at all. But for a number years thereafter, whenever we were playing cards in study hall, if the Jack of Diamonds turned up, someone would quip " he was de grizzly bear,"and someone else would giggle "no, he made a noise in de bottom like de grizzly bear" and we'd chuckle foolishly for about 30 minutes.Augustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-27444997328870785002021-03-12T12:00:53.205-05:002021-03-12T12:00:53.205-05:00Thanks for your comment, Anonymous.
For some reas...Thanks for your comment, Anonymous.<br /><br />For some reason, I'm just reading it on March 12, 2021.<br /><br />Please accept my apologies for my delay in responding.<br /><br />I can understand how your family's history would make this song scary.<br /><br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-30366969483368012722021-03-06T08:25:39.998-05:002021-03-06T08:25:39.998-05:00The Wikipedia page for "Jack of Diamonds (son...The Wikipedia page for "Jack of Diamonds (song)" lists many recordings, including Odetta, Ramblin' Jack Eliot, Lonnie Donegan, Tex Ritter, et grizzly cetera.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-73224975773497330452021-03-06T08:23:25.133-05:002021-03-06T08:23:25.133-05:00I don't think "tushes" means claws. ...I don't think "tushes" means claws. It's a common variant of "tusks", and it refers to the big canine teeth. As a young 'un, this song spooked me, as family lore tells of an ancestor killed by a grizzly bear in California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-54416406698806591792019-03-20T08:16:47.279-04:002019-03-20T08:16:47.279-04:00Hello, Unknown.
Thanks for your comment.
I'm...Hello, Unknown.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment.<br /><br />I'm glad to share information that I found online about this song.<br /><br />It's good to know that you're keeping this song alive by teaching it to a new generation.<br /><br />Best wishes!Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-14235843580175134452019-03-20T06:42:36.079-04:002019-03-20T06:42:36.079-04:00I remember this song from elementary school as wel...I remember this song from elementary school as well! Now I am singing it to my children and wanted to check my lyrics. Thank you very much for the lyrics and i appreciate finally having the history behind it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660790443578046856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-8096802370313985002017-12-15T07:38:02.745-05:002017-12-15T07:38:02.745-05:00Hello, anonymous. Thanks for your query, but I'...Hello, anonymous. Thanks for your query, but I'm sorry I don't know of any commercial recording of this "Grizzly Bear" song. <br /><br />Perhaps someone reading this may be able to help identify such a record or records.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-85443260981299053952017-12-15T01:09:34.358-05:002017-12-15T01:09:34.358-05:00As a child, we sang this song in elementary song e...As a child, we sang this song in elementary song everyday. It was off a recording from collection of children's songs. Do you perhaps know anything about any commercial recordings of the song? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16551802289376602293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-58753712468598635472014-02-20T16:23:38.786-05:002014-02-20T16:23:38.786-05:00Thanks, Joy Sedgley for that correction.
I chang...Thanks, Joy Sedgley for that correction. <br /><br />I changed the words in the lyrics above.<br /><br />Best wishes!Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-87726725215467820122014-02-20T12:28:22.757-05:002014-02-20T12:28:22.757-05:00I hear it as "great long tushes" rather ...I hear it as "great long tushes" rather than toes. My family is from rural North Carolina and tushes is used to describe tusks or teeth like those found on wild boars. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150135812742523386noreply@blogger.com