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_Bees! Bees! Hark to your bees! / 'Hide from your neighbours as much as you please, / But all that has happened, to_ us _you must tell, / Or else we will give you no honey to sell! '_
A maiden in her glory, / Upon her wedding-day, / Must tell her Bees the story, / Or else they'll fly away. / Fly away -- die away -- / Dwindle down and leave you! / But if you don't deceive your Bees, / Your Bees will not deceive you.
Marriage, birth or buryin', / News across the seas, / All you're sad or merry in, / You must tell the Bees. / Tell 'em coming in an' out, / Where the Fanners fan, / 'Cause the Bees are just about / As curious as a man!
Don't you wait where trees are, / When the lightnings play, / Nor don't you hate where Bees are, / Or else they'll pine away. / Pine away -- dwine away -- / Anything to leave you! / But if you never grieve your Bees, / Your Bees'll never grieve you.