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"ERIC THE HALF A BEE"
Composer: Eric Idle
Author: Eric Idle & John Cleese
Featured on various albums (following the Fish Licence sketch)
Take it away Eric the Orchestra Leader...
A-one, two, a-one two three four
(piano - introductory flourish)
Half a bee, philosophically,
Must, ipso facto, half not be.
But half the bee has got to be
Vis a vis, its entity.
- D'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, one two three,
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 de dum, Fiddle de dee,
Eric the half a bee.
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
Eric the half a bee.
I love this hive, employ-ee-ee,
Bisected accidentally,
One summer afternoon by me,
I love him carnally.
He loves him carnally...
Semi-carnally.
The end.
Cyril Connelly?
No, semi-carnally!
Oh.
(quietly)
Cyril Connelly.
(ends with elaborate whistle)
Design: Ireneusz Siwek
    
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