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Thread #158272   Message #3750246
Posted By: Jim Dixon
12-Nov-15 - 07:51 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Songs by Bo Carter [Armenter Chatmon]
Subject: Lyr Add: QUEEN BEE (Bo Carter)
QUEEN BEE
As recorded by Bo Carter, 1934.

Queen bee, queen bee, won't you please come back to me? (2x)
You can suck my flowers off better'n any queen bee I ever seen.

She suck my johnny quill* this mornin'; been lookin' for her all day long. (2x)
And she get me to the place now, hate to see my queen bee leave from home.

She'll stand right here; she'll hum, hum, hum.
Come here, queen bee; I want you to be my own.
You know you my queen bee, and you know how to treat me.
You can suck my flower better'n any queen bee I ever seen.

I'm gonna build me a little cabin just for me and my sweet queen bee, (2x)
And we'll walk round in honey, even after Albany(?).


* johnny quill = jonquil?