The Boy and the Bee (Alfred James Caldicott)

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• (Posted 2023-09-29)  CPDL #75860:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-29).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 821 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The Boy and the Bee
Composer: Alfred James Caldicott
Lyricist: H. Lloyd^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1886 Metzler & Co.
Description: 

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.”
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.”
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?”
Thus, 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.