NEW BUMBLE BEE
(Lawlers)

as recorded by Memphis Minnie
1930


I got a bumble bee, don't sting nobody but me,
I got a bumble bee, don't blame nobody but me,
And I tell the world, he got all the stinger I need!

And he makes better honey any bumble bee I ever seen,
And he makes better honey any bumble bee I ever seen,
And when he makes it, Lord how he make me scream!

He get to flyin' and buzzin', stingin' everybody he meet,
He get to flyin' and buzzin', stingin' everybody he meet,
Lord I wonder why my bumble bee wanna mistreat me!

Mmmmmm, where bumble bee gone?
Mmmmmm, wonder where my bumble bee gone,
I been lookin' for him, my bumble bee so long, so long!
My bumble bee got ways just like a natural man,
My bumble bee got ways just like a natural man,
He's playin' somebody everywhere he land!



(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2016)