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1. When I was just a lit-tle 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-ingin 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. And then, down in the orch-ard cool, Be- 
get some out Right thro’ the lit-ile hole Where they were fly-ing in and vut As 
sev-en bees, And on the ground] rolled: For one came down up- on my ear, An- 
must get warm I'll stay out in the cold. lll 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 youplease, A-rak-ingin the hon-ey from The fragrant ap-ple - trees. 
oth-er on mynose, And for-ty-sev-en oth-ers were A-buzz-ing in my clothes, 
ride the storm-y seas, For there the varmints never come—And you may keep the bees. 
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Coryright, 1906, by Geo. W. York. 
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