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