Eric the Half-a-Bee

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 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]