Be My Little Baby Bumblebee
music by henry i. marshall / lyrics by stanley murphy
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BE MY LITTLE BABY BUMBLEBEE
- sung by STAN FREED AS HOPPITY & PAULINE LOTH AS HONEY MR. BUG GOES TO TOWN - 1941 |
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The popular classic tune Be My Little Baby Bumblebee was written in 1912 by Henry Marshall and Stanley Murphy. That year it was featured in the spectacular Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. production A Winsome Widow. The play was presented at the Moulin Rouge, and it notoriously featured an ice skating number in the shows finale. Also in 1912, Be My Little Baby Bumblebee was recorded by Billy Murray - it was one of the most popular early versions of the song. The song first appeared on the big screen in Fleischer Studio's feature film Mr. Bug Goes To Town in 1941. It appeared again in the 1953 Doris Day film By The Light Of The Silvery Moon.
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1912
ADA JONES & BILLY MURRAY |
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1912
ADA JONES & WALTER VAN BRUNT |
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1941
GEORGE SEIBEL (PARODY) |
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1953
RICHARD MONDA |
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19??
THE ANDREWS SISTERS & BOB CROSBY |
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19??
TERESA BREWER |
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1953
DORIS DAY from BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON |
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1953
from BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON |
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1953
GORDON MACRAE |
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1957
JONATHAN & DARLENE EDWARDS |
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1959
JULIE LONDON |
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1963
THE OSMOND BROTHERS |
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19??
JIMMY BLUE |
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1980
NORMAN WARWICK PETER SUTHERLAND & SHEILA BENNETT |
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1996
TONI CARROLL |
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19??
BARNEY |
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2010
WACK-A- DOO |
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2011
RICHARD PERLMUTTER |
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2017
MARY CANTONI JOHNSON from ONE NIGHT FANNY BRICE |
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INTRUMENTAL |
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PLAYER PIANO |
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BE MY LITTLE BABY BUMBLEBEE
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
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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