Title: Eric the half a bee
Artist: Monty Python
Album: The Final Rip Off
[piano intro]
[spoken]
A-one, two, a-one, two, three, four!
Half a bee, philosophically,
Must, ipso facto, half not be.
But half the bee has got to be
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...
C D
La dee dee, one two three,
F G C G
Eric the half a bee.
C D
A B C D E F G,
F D7 G
Eric the half a bee.
Am D
Is this wretched demi-bee,
F D G
Half-asleep upon my knee,
C D
Some freak from a menagerie?
F G C G
No! It's Eric the half a bee!
C D
Fiddle de dum, Fiddle de dee,
F G C G
Eric the half a bee.
C D
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
F D7 G
Eric the half a bee.
Am D
I love this hive, employee-ee,
F D G
Bisected accidentally,
C D
One summer afternoon by me,
F G C Am
I love him carnally.
F G C Am
He loves him carnally,
F G C
Semi-carnally.
[spoken] The End.
Cyril Connolly?
No, semi-carnally.
Oh.
[sung quietly] Cyril Connolly.
