Standard (EADGBE)

La dee dee, one two three,

Eric the half a bee.

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, employee-ee,

Bisected accidentally,

One summer afternoon by me,

I love him carnally.

He loves him carnally,

Semi-carnally.

[spoken] The End.

Cyril Connolly?

No, semi-carnally.

Oh.

[sung quietly] Cyril Connolly.