The boy and the bee (William H Pontius)
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(Posted 2024-04-10) CPDL #80176:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-04-10). Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 599 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The boy and the bee
Composer: William H Pontius
Lyricist: H. Lloydcreate page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TTBB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1897 Armstrong & Fillmore
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Original text and translations
English text
A dear little B. O. Y.,
Caught a dear little B double E
Who was taking home his honey
To convert it into money,
And a pretty song a singing merrily,
Thus you see,
Industree,
Maketh happy e’en a dear little Bee.
The dear little B. O. Y.
Held this dear little B double E,
While he scruinized the meadow
In the sun and in the shadow,
“What art seeking!” cried the captive o’er the lea.
Thus you see,
Curiositee
Finds existence in a dear little Bee.
Said the dear little B. O. Y.
To the dear little B double E,
“Lack of pins I am bewailing,
Or I’d soon be you impaling
To secure your pretty body unto me.”
verily,
Thus you see,
That infant, he
Meant a-murdering that dear little Bee.
To the dear little B. O. Y.,
Said the dear little B double E,
“In this matter to befriend you
I’ve a sting that I will lend you,
It is sharper than a common pin would be.”
undoubtedly,
Thus you see,
Nature she
Putteth sharpness in a dear little Bee!
To the dear little B. O. Y.,
Said the dear little B double E,
“In your palm I place it gladly,
But why yellest thou so madly
At my speedily accommodating thee?”
verily.
Thus you see,
An armouree
May be station’d in a dear little Bee.
Howl’d the dear little B-he-ho-ho-y, Boy!
Fled the dear little B double E, Bee,
The partnership thus sever’d,
The captive was deliver’d,
While his captor trotted homeward tearfully.
Thus you see,
Libertee
Is still precious to a dear little Bee!