Spoken: “Half a bee, philosophically,
Must ipso facto half not be.
But half the bee, has got to be 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 a bee is not a bee,
Due to some ancient injury?
Singing…
La-dee-dee, 1 2 3,
Eric the half-a-bee,
A B C D E F G,
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-dee-dum, fiddle-dee-dee.
Is Eric the half-a-bee,
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
Eric the half-a-bee.
I love this hive employee,
Bisected accidentally,
One summer afternoon by me,
I love him carnally.
Semi-carnally.
Is that Eric the Half-a-Bee
As in the Monty Python song:
Eric the Half-a-Bee
Spoken: “Half a bee, philosophically,
Must ipso facto half not be.
But half the bee, has got to be 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 a bee is not a bee,
Due to some ancient injury?
Singing…
La-dee-dee, 1 2 3,
Eric the half-a-bee,
A B C D E F G,
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-dee-dum, fiddle-dee-dee.
Is Eric the half-a-bee,
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
Eric the half-a-bee.
I love this hive employee,
Bisected accidentally,
One summer afternoon by me,
I love him carnally.
Semi-carnally.
Spoken: “Cyril Connolly?”
“No, semi-carnally.”
“Oh.”
(Pause, then, sung softly)
Cyril Connolly.