Eric the Half-a-Bee lyrics

A one... two.... A one.. two.. three... four...

[piano intro]

Half-a-bee, philosophically, must, ipso facto, half not be.

But half-the-bee

has got to be,

vis a vis

its entity - do 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 dee dee, 1 2 3,

Eric the half-a-bee.

A B C D E F G,

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 dee dum,

Fiddle dee dee,

Eric the half-a-bee.

Ho ho ho,

Tee hee hee,

Eric the half-a-bee.

I love this hive employee-ee-ee [with buzzing in background]

bisected accidentally

one summer afternoon by me

I love him carnally.

He loves him carnally... [together]

...semi-carnally

[spoken]

The end

"Cyril Connolly?"

No! "Semi-carnally"

Oh!

Cyril Connolly [sung softly and slowly]

• Artist:Monty Python