Sing Ho! for the life of a Bear!

I don't mind much if it rains or it snows,

'Cos I've got a lot of honey on my nice

new nose,

I don't much care if it snows or thaws,

'Cos I've got a lot of honey on my nice

clean paws!

Sing Ho! for a Bear!

Sing Ho! for a Pooh!

And I'll have a little something in an hour

Pooh's origin is traced back to Lieutenant Harry Colebourn Canadian officer from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Colebourn was a veterinary surgeon who bought a female black bear cub in White River, Ontario, in 1914, he named this cub Winnie after his hometown. During the First World War, Colebourn took Winnie to England. When Colebourn's unit was ordered to the battlefields of France, Winnie was donated to the London Zoo for safekeeping and quickly became a favorite with visitors. Winnie had become so popular, that people flocked in to see her.

Author Alan A. Milne (1882-1956) was one among these visitors, he took his son Christopher Robin to see the playful bear. Christopher became so attached to the bear, that his father decided to model the character for his new book after Winnie and this is how Winnie the Pooh came to be.