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Artist: Monty Python
Canonical path: /monty-python/eric-the-half-a-bee
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Eric The Half-A-Bee
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Eric The Half-A-Bee
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A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three, four
(Spoken):
Half-a-bee, philosophically
Must ipso-facto half not-be.
But half the bee, has got to bee
Vis-a-vis its entity ... d'you see?
But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee
When half the bee is not a bee
Due to some ancient injury?
Singing...
La di di, a-one-two-three
Eric The Half-A-Bee
A-B-C-D-E-F-G
Eric The Half-A-Bee
Is this a-wretched demi-bee
Half asleep upon my knee
Some freak from a managerie?
NO! It's Eric The Half-A-Bee!
A-fiddle-di-dum, a-fiddle-di-dee
Eric The Half-A-Bee
Ho-ho-ho, tee-hee-hee
Eric The Half-A-Bee
I love this hive employ-e-e
Bisected accidentally
One summer afternoon by me
I love him carnally
He loves him carnally
Semi-carnally. The end.
(Spoken):
Cyril Connolly?
No, semi-carnally
Oh
(Sings): Cyril Connolly
(whistles)
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