Standard (EADGBE)
La dee dee, one two three,
Eric the half a bee.
Eric the half a bee.
Is this wretched demi-bee,
Half-asleep upon my knee,
Some freak from a menagerie?
No! It's Eric the half a bee!
Fiddle de dum, Fiddle de dee,
Eric the half a bee.
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
Eric the half a bee.
I love this hive, employee-ee,
Bisected accidentally,
One summer afternoon by me,
I love him carnally.
He loves him carnally,
Semi-carnally.
[spoken] The End.
Cyril Connolly?
No, semi-carnally.
Oh.
[sung quietly] Cyril Connolly.