Buzzin' Along 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Jun 2009
2009

Little Billy
he was such a bashful little bee
that all the baby bees
thought that he never would fall.
He had about a dozen
little buzzin' little cousins
but he didn't seem
to notice them at all.
But one day on the green
he met a sunny little queen
and she was honey
to her funny little toes.
So Billy said: "Come over
where the bloom is on the clover
for I've something sweet
and pretty to propose."

Queenie Bee
oh won't you come with me
buzzin' along buzzin' along buzzin' along
We'll go roaming 'round the rosemary
hummin' a song hummin' a song hummin' a song
And when there's no one near us
nobody 'round to hear us
Queenie Bee I would a word with thee
what'll it be what'll it be what'll it be
I know where to reach The Preacher Bee
Tell it to me Tell it to me Tell it to me
'mongst the blossoms in the old peach tree
up in a tree up in a tree up in a tree
Honey I'm so glad my little queen I found,
you had a dozen buzzin' cousins buzzin' 'round
but you winked at me
and we went buzzin' along.

Queenie Bee
oh won't you come with me
buzzin' along buzzin' along buzzin' along
We'll go roaming 'round the rosemary
hummin' a song hummin' a song hummin' a song
And when there's no one near us
nobody 'round to hear us
Queenie Bee I would a word with thee
what'll it be what'll it be what'll it be
I know where to reach The Preacher Bee
Tell it to me Tell it to me Tell it to me
'mongst the blossoms in the old peach tree
up in a tree up in a tree up in a tree
Honey I'm so glad my little queen I found,
you had a dozen buzzin' cousins buzzin' 'round
but you winked at me
and we went buzzin' along.

Ev'ry baby bee
was just as jealous as can be
when they found out
that Billy Bumble
tumbled at last.
And ev'ry little cousin
came home to the hive a buzzin'
and they said that
little Queenie had a past,
but Queenie only sighed
and with a wistful smile replied,
"I've got a past that's past
and gone for e'er and e'er."
But if you all come over
to our wedding in the clover
I can point you out
a future that's a bear.

Queenie Bee
oh won't you come with me
buzzin' along buzzin' along buzzin' along
We'll go roaming 'round the rosemary
hummin' a song hummin' a song hummin' a song
And when there's no one near us
nobody 'round to hear us
Queenie Bee I would a word with thee
what'll it be what'll it be what'll it be
I know where to reach The Preacher Bee
Tell it to me Tell it to me Tell it to me
'mongst the blossoms in the old peach tree
up in a tree up in a tree up in a tree
Honey I'm so glad my little queen I found,
you had a dozen buzzin' cousins buzzin' 'round
but you winked at me
and we went buzzin' along.

Queenie Bee
oh won't you come with me
buzzin' along buzzin' along buzzin' along
We'll go roaming 'round the rosemary
hummin' a song hummin' a song hummin' a song
And when there's no one near us
nobody 'round to hear us
Queenie Bee I would a word with thee
what'll it be what'll it be what'll it be
I know where to reach The Preacher Bee
Tell it to me Tell it to me Tell it to me
'mongst the blossoms in the old peach tree
up in a tree up in a tree up in a tree
Honey I'm so glad my little queen I found,
you had a dozen buzzin' cousins buzzin' 'round
but you winked at me
and we went buzzin' along.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Buzzin' Along 1917
Music by Henry Marshall
Lyrics by Stanley Murphy
© MCMXVII by Jerome H.Remick & Co. - New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 27 June 2009 at 11.41
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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