Fiddle-de-dee, Fiddle-de-dee, The Fly Has Married the Bumble Bee
Fiddle-de-dee, Fiddle-de-dee, The Fly Has Married the Bumble Bee
Nursery Song
Fiddle-de-dee, Fiddle-de-dee,
The fly has married the bumble bee.
Says the fly, says he,
"Will you marry me,
And live with me,
Sweet bumble bee?"
Says the bee, says she,
"I'll live under your wing,
And you'll never know
That I carry a sting."
Fiddle-de-dee, Fiddle-de-dee,
The fly has married the bumble bee.
So when the parson
Had joined the pair,
They both went out
To take the air,
Fiddle-de-dee, Fiddle-de-dee,
The fly has married the bumble bee.
And the flies did buzz,
And the bells did ring -
Did ever you hear
So merry a thing?
Fiddle-de-dee, Fiddle-de-dee,
The fly has married the bumble bee.
And then to think
That of all the flies
The humble bee
Should carry the prize.
Fiddle-de-dee, Fiddle-de-dee,
The fly has married the bumble bee.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The 1st two illustrations and this version of this song come from The Baby's Bouquet, A Fresh Bunch of Rhymes and Tunes by Walter Crane (1878). In The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes they surmise that this was written by Crane and his wife. The 3rd illustration is from The Nursery Rhyme Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897).
