Editing I'm a Little Teapot (section)

== Creation ==
Kelley and his wife ran a [[dance school]] for children, which taught the "Waltz Clog", a popular and easy-to-learn [[tap dance]] routine. This routine, however, proved too difficult for the younger students to master. To solve this problem, George Sanders wrote "The Teapot Song", which required minimal skill and encouraged natural [[pantomime]]. Both the song and its accompanying dance, the "Teapot Tip", became enormously popular in America and overseas.<ref>{{cite book |last=Clark|first=Garth |title= The Artful Teapot |publisher= Watson-Guptill |date=October 2001 |isbn=0-8230-0319-1}}</ref>

The song was recorded and made famous by Art Kassel and His Kassels in the Air orchestra with featured vocalist Marion Holmes singing the tune. It was published in 1941 by Bluebird Records.<ref>[http://www.defore.net/Teapot.jpg view Bluebird Record label]</ref> (Marion Holmes soon after married Broadway, film, and TV star [[Don DeFore]].)

The lyrics begin "I'm a little teapot, short and stout..." and go on to further describe the appearance and actions of the singer-as-teapot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lyricstranslate.com/en/George-Harry-Sanders-Teapot-Song-Im-Little-Teapot-lyrics.html|title = George Harry Sanders - the Teapot Song (I'm a Little Teapot) lyrics}}</ref> The song may be accompanied with actions: extending one arm in a curve like the spout, placing the other arm like the handle, and bending sideways to pour.
[[File:I'm a Little Teapot audio.mp3|thumb|right|A piano recording of "I'm a Little Teapot", in which the vocals are played by the higher melody]]