A popular song from 1915.
Words and music by Shelton Brooks.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Honey, Honey listen do
There’s something I must say to you
I have loved you for some time
I’ve longed to hear our wedding bells chime
When I hear the bees a buzzin’
I always think of you
If I were a bee and you were a flower
Honey, here’s what I would do
Chorus
If you were a rose, dear, in a bower
I’d buzz around you ev’ry hour
I would be your great big lover bee
I’d love you true
I would watch you ev’ry day
So no one could steal you away
I’d sting ev’ry one who laid their hands on you
You’re such a pretty rose
While your little buds are sleeping
‘Round your bower I’d be creeping
I’d hang ’round until the rooster crows
Oh, you rose
I’d gather drops of morning dew
And place on you to keep your brilliant hue
If I were a bee and you were a red, red rose
- Dear you said you would love me
Were I a rose and you a bee
Ev’ry day dear, I would see
You watching o’er my buds and me
Sweetheart it’s so nice to know
There’s someone who’d love you true
Now were you a bee and I were a flower
I would do the same for you
Sung here by Vancha March: