A cute, novelty love song, 1912.
words by Stanley Murphy
music by Henry I. Marshall
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
- Queenie bee lived o’er the lee
And she was a bunny little honey bee
Billy Bumble used to mumble
Round the Rosemary where she would
Meet him greet him and then treat him to some honey sprees
Then start a-buzzin’ in a dozen diff’rent lovin’ keys
Chorus
Be my little baby bumble bee
(buzz around, buzz around, keep a buzzin’ round)
Bring home all the honey, love, to me
(little bee, lttle bee, little bee)
Let me spend the happy hours
Roving with you ‘mongst the flow’rs
And when we get where no one else can see
(cuddle up, cuddle up, cuddle up)
Be my little baby bumble bee
(buzz around, buzz around, keep a buzzin’ round)
We’ll be just as happy as can be
(you and me, you and me, you and me)
Honey, keep a buzzin’ please
I’ve got a dozen cousin bees
But I want you to be my baby bumble bee
- Willie, he flew o’er the lee
To call on her mama and her papa bee
Papa bee said, “Goodness me!”
And mama said, “We’ll see
If you can pay your way
For every day the price of honey grows dear”
But little queenie said, “That for Sweeney”
And whispered in his ear
Sung here by Fred Feild: