Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee 1912 'A Winsome Widow'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Jun 2005

Queenie Bee lived o'er the lee
And she was a bunny little honey bee.
Billy Bumble used to mumble
'round the Rose Mary,
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.

Be my little baby bumble bee
(Buzz around, buzz around,
keep a buzzin' round)
Bring home all the honey, love, to me
(Little bee, little 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.

Be my little baby bumble bee
(Buzz around, buzz around,
keep a buzzin' round)
Bring home all the honey, love, to me
(Little bee, little 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 ev'ry day the price of honey grows dear!
But little Queenie said:
that for sweeney, and whispered in his ear:

Be my little baby bumble bee
(Buzz around, buzz around,
keep a buzzin' round)
Bring home all the honey, love, to me
(Little bee, little 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.

Be my little baby bumble bee
(Buzz around, buzz around,
keep a buzzin' round)
Bring home all the honey, love, to me
(Little bee, little 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.

Soft karaoke
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piano 1
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piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee 1912
Words by Stanley Murphy - Music by Henry I. Marshall
As Sung By Brice and King in Ziegfeld Moulin Rouge,
Formerly New York Theatre, F. Ziegfeld Jrs. Production
"A Winsome Widow" - With Emmy Wehlen.
Staged by Julian Mitchell
© MCMXII by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 30 June 2005 at 21.14
in association with Doug Grierson
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