78s - Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee - Billy Murray & Ada Jones

A spectacular song from 1912 by Billy Murray & Ada Jones on the Victor label. It was also featured in three popular movies, Shine On Harvest Moon from 1944, The Eddie Cantor Story from 1953, and By The Light Of The Silvery Moon from 1953. Here are the lyrics for you to sing along with:

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

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 has 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 has 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

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[hannahdazeley]

This song is also in the film "Hoppity goes to town" aka "Mr Bug goes to town" (1941)

[althazarr]

Thanks for the information. I'm not familiar with that film, but I will certainly try to find it now.

[daves1921]

Thanks for this. I remember my grandmother would sing this song to me when I was a very little boy. When I got older, she would let me crank the Victrola and we would listen to this very record. You have taken me back many decades and I thank you.