The song was originally written by George Harry Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley and published in 1939.

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.

[6] It's been released as a single by various artists besides Kassel, including Horace Heidt (1941),[7] Lawrence Duchow's Red Raven Orchestra (1956),[8] and Two Ton Baker (1947).

[9] It's included on Leonard Bernstein's 1973 album Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf plus 10 More Great Children's Favorites.