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46th Year 



CHICAGO, ILL., MAY 10, 1906 



No. 19 





The Humming of the Bees. 



Solo and Chorus. 



J. R. 



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1. When I was just a lit - tie boy, And lived out on the farm, I used to have such 



2. My grand-pa said, "Those lit-tle bees Will in the mon-ey roll;" So I went down to 



3. As I was pok - ing in the hole, A - look-ing for the gold, There came out nine-ty- 



4. If that's the way I must get rich Then you may have the gold; If that's the way I 



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jol - ly times A - play-ing in the barn, 

 get some out Right thro' the lit-tle hole 

 sev-en bees, And on the ground I rolled 

 must get warm I'll stay out in the cold. 



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And then, down in the orch-ard cool, Be- 

 Where they were fiy-ing in and out As 

 For one came down up - on my ear, An- 

 1*11 go and be a sail -or bold, And 



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neath the ap - ple-trees,There were some funny boxes where They kept the honey - bees, 

 hap - py as you please, A-rak-ingin the hon-ey from The fragrant ap-ple - trees, 

 oth - er on my nose, And for- ty- sev - en oth-ers were A-buzz-ingin my clothes, 

 ride the storm-y seas, For there the varmints never come — And you may keep the bees. 



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List -en to the hon - ey - bees, Humming in the ap- pie-trees, List -en to the 





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bus - sy lit - tie bees; List - en to the fun - ny hon - ey - bees. 



hum,hum,hum,hum; hum,hum,hum. 



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Coryrieht, 1906, by Geo. W. York. 



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