(THE SAME HAPPENS WITH) THE BIRDS AND THE BEES
>From the film "The Birds And The Bees" ( 1956)
(Music: Harry Warren / Lyrics: Mack David)


Mitzi Gaynor & George Gobel (Film Soundtrack) - 1956
Rush Adams & Loulie Jean Norman - 1956
George Gobel - 1956
Alan Dale - 1956
Dick Noel - 1956
Dave KIng & The Keynotes - 1956
Barbara Lyon - 1956
Alma Cogan - 1956
Billy Thorburn & His Strict Tempo Music (Instr.) - 1956
Birthe Wilke & Ove Sprogoe - 1956 (Danish title "Fugle Og Bier")
Juha Eirto - 1957 (Finnish title "Sina Ja Mina")



Take a boy like me, take a girl like you
On a moonlight sail on a sea of blue
It's a night in June, there's a moon above
Love is in the air, so they fall in love

And the same thing happens with the birds and the bees
As they flit among the flowers, as they nestle in the trees
Yes, the same thing happens with the birds and the bees
And it's happening to us tonight

What the big giraffes like to do for laughs
Ang orang-utangs only do in gangs
Why a love-starved whale starts to fan his tail
Where the female is, you will find a male

Well, the same thing happens with the birds and the bees
As they flit among the flowers, as they nestle in the trees
Yes, the same thing happens with the birds and the bees
And it's happening to us tonight

It's the reason why kangaroos jump high
Why the trout and perch swim around and search
And this common urge makes a kitten purr
Where you see a him, you will see a her

And the same thing happens with the birds and the bees
As they flit among the flowers, as they nestle in the trees
Yes, the same thing happens with the birds and the bees
And it's happening to us tonight

Every bird, every bee
Every he, every she
Just like you, just like me
Is falling in love tonight




(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2017)