A popular song from 1954
Words and music by Bob Merrill
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. It’s a darn good life and it’s kind of funny
How the bee was made and the bee made honey
And the honeybee lookin’ for a home
Made a Honeycomb
Then they combed the world and they gathered all
Of the Honeycomb into one sweet ball
And the Honeycomb from a million trips
Made my baby’s lips
Chorus:
Honeycomb, won’tcha be my baby?
Honeycomb be my own
Just a hank of hair and a piece of bone
Made a walkin’ talkin’ Honeycomb
Honeycomb, won’tcha be my baby?
Honeycomb be my own
What a darn good life
When I have a wife like Honeycomb
2. Now have you heard tell how they made a bee
The tried a hand at a green, green tree
So the tree was made and I guess you’ve heard
Next they made a bird
Now they waited ’round till the end of Spring
Savin’ every note the bird did sing
Then they rolled it up in one sweet tone
For my Honeycomb
3. In a little while when they made that bird
They looked around for a little word
It sounded sweet as a turtledove
So they called it “love”
Then they went around lookin’ everywhere
Takin’ love from here ‘n’ love from there
And they stored it up in a little cart
For my honey’s heart
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: