A successful composer of parlor songs from the 1890s, and a charter
member of ASCAP, in 1907 Bratton wrote an instrumental number, "The
Teddy Bear Two-Step" with lyrics by Ethel Wood <http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.mus-an7318532-s2-v>.It became a hit song when
Jimmy Kennedy substituted his lyrics in 1932, as "The
Teddy Bear's Picnic".