The Fly and the Humble Bee (Henry Walford Davies)

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• (Posted 2023-10-09)  CPDL #76172:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-09).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 561 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The Fly and the Humble Bee
Composer: Henry Walford Davies
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Nursery-rhyme, Humorous Song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1909 Chappell & Co.
Description: Eight Nursery Rhymes (set 2) Op. 23 No. 5.

Original text and translations

English text

Fiddle de dee, fiddle de dee
The fly has married the humble bee.

Says the fly, says he, “will you marry me,
And live with me, sweet humble bee?”

Says the bee, says she, “I’ll live under your wing,
And you’ll never, never know that I carry a sting.”

So when the parson had joined the pair,
They both went out to take the air.

And then to think that of all the flies,
The humble bee should take the prize.