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BE MY LITTLE BABY BUMBLEBEE
1912
Lyrics by Stanley Murphy   Music by Henry Marshall


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4-bar Intro

Verse 1

 QUEEN-IE BEE LIVED O'ER THE LEE AND SHE WAS A BUN-NY LIT-TLE HON-EY BEE.
BIL-LY BUM-BLE USED TO MUM-BLE ROUND THE ROSE MA-RY,
WHERE SHE WOULD MEET HIM GREET HIM
AND THEN TREAT HIM TO SOME HON-EY SPREES,
THEN START A-BUZ-ZIN' IN A DOZ-EN DIFF-'RENT LOV-IN KEYS.

Verse 2

WIL-LIE, HE FLEW O'ER THE LEE TO CALL ON HER MA-MA AND HER PA-PA BEE.
PA-PA BEE SAID "GOOD-NESS ME," AND MA-MA SAID "WE'LL SEE
IF YOU CAN PAY YOUR WAY, FOR EV-RY DAY THE PRICE OF HON-EY GROWS DEAR!"
BUT LIT-TLE QUEEN-IE SAID:"THAT FOR SWEE-NEY," AND WHIS-PERED IN HIS EAR:

Chorus

BE MY LIT-TLE BA-BY BUM-BLE BEE
(buzz a-round, buzz a-round, keep a buzz-in' round)
BRING HOME ALL THE HON-EY, LOVE, TO ME
(lit-tle bee, lit-tle bee, lit-tle bee)
LET ME SPEND THE HAP-PY HOURS RO-VING WITH YOU MONGST THE FLOW'RS,
AND WHEN WE GET WHERE NO ONE ELSE CAN SEE,
(cud-dle up, cud-dle up, cud-dle up)
BE MY LIT-TLE BA-BY BUM-BLE BEE,
(buzz a-round, buzz a-round, keep a buzz-in' round)
WE'LL BE JUST AS HAP-PY AS CAN BE, (you and me, you and me, you and me)
HON-EY KEEP A BUZ-ZIN' PLEASE, I'VE GOT A DOZ-EN COU-SIN BEES,
BUT I WANT YOU TO BE MY BA-BY BUM-BLE BEE