A popular song from 1916.
Words and music by Cecil Mack and Chris Smith.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- I was happy, oh so happy
When I got a note today
From my feller, handsome feller
And it had these words to say
“Honey, precious, “Papa’s” angel
I was wrong to throw you down
But forgive and let’s forget it babe
Tonight I’ll be around”
Was delighted, all excited
‘Cause so sweet he used to be
Showed the note to darling mother
This is what she said to me, “Child”
Chorus
Never let the same bee sting you twice
For the first time there’s excuse
But if you let the same bee sting you twice
Oh, what’s the use of saying what you “is”, what’s the use?
If you’ve got to have your honey then bear in mind
That all the bees with honey are the stinging kind
Be it a he bee or she bee take your ma’s advice
And never let the same bee sting you twice
- Ma was wise, but I was wiser
So I took the marriage leap
But I soon learned one’s a fool
To buy a cow when milk’s so cheap
Tho’ my bee was nice to start with
Brought his honey to the hive
When a new queen started buzzin’
He forgot I was alive
Stung again, that was the story
Ma said “Child, you’re one disgrace
And what makes it worse you got it
Two times in the self same place,” so
Sung here by Vancha March: