Since nobody else in the world, ever in the whole history of historicalness, has seen fit to transcribe the lyrics to John Lee Hooker ‘Bumblebee Bumblebee’ from Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (which are different to his 1951 cut ‘Bumblebee Blues’*) then I have stepped up to the mark. No need to thank me, I hate it when people insist on calling me a hero.
Bumblebee bumblebee Don’t sting me the way you do Bumblebee Bumblebee Don’t sting me the way you do Don’t sting me too hard and too deep Bumblebee stung me this morning Being trying to find it the whole day long hey! Trying to find it the whole day long The way you sting me make my temperature rise My Bumblebee got a stinger Long as my right arm My Bumblebee got a stinger Long as my right arm Every time she sting me I holler ‘hey, hot dog!’ (hot dog, have mercy) Bumblebee Bumblebee Bumblebee Won’t you please come back to me Bumblebee Bumblebee Bumblebee Won’t you please come back to me You got the best little stinger Bumblebee Of anyone in the whole round world I know (Lord have mercy) Every time she sting me I holler ‘ho, ho, hot dog!’ Every time she sting me I holler ‘ho, ho, hot dog!’ Bumblebee Bumblebee Bumblebee Please come back to me
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*although the latter’s lyrics are often misattributed to the former on lyrics websites. Pah! Amateurs!