Title: Eric the half a bee Artist: Monty Python Album: The Final Rip Off [piano intro] [spoken] A-one, two, a-one, two, three, four! 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...

^CLa dee dee, ^Done two three, ^FEric the ^Ghalf a ^Cbee. ^G C D A B C D E F G, ^FEric the ^D7half a ^Gbee.

^AmIs this wretched ^Ddemi-bee, ^FHalf-asleep ^Dupon my ^Gknee, ^CSome freak from a ^Dmenagerie' No! It's ^FEric the ^Ghalf a ^Cbee! ^G

^CFiddle de dum, ^DFiddle de dee, ^FEric the ^Ghalf a ^Cbee. ^G ^CHo ho ho, ^Dtee hee hee, ^FEric the ^D7half a ^Gbee.

^AmI love this hive, ^Demployee-ee, ^FBisected acci^Ddentall^Gy, ^COne summer after^Dnoon by me, I ^Flove him ^Gcarnall^Cy. ^Am

He ^Floves him ^Gcarnall^Cy, ^Am ^FSemi-^Gcarnall^Cy.

[spoken] The End. Cyril Connolly' No, semi-carnally. Oh. [sung quietly] Cyril Connolly.

Monty Python - Eric the half-a-bee song