Now I'm just a singer my name you won't know
But once I was famous the star of the show
Because of a scary unusual event
That happened by accident

You see I was singing a song in the park
A crowd had all gathered just before dark
I opened my mouth to hit a high c
C
And the strangest thing happened to me

I swallowed a bee
It flew past my tongue
Straight down my throat
Into my tum tum
It could have been fatal
If I'd have been stung
The day that I swallowed a bee

I ran round the stage while inside me it flew
I had to stop singing my voice had gone too
All I could hear from my mouth was a buzz
Of a bee in my oesophagus

I went to the doctor
He prodded my tummy
Just shook his head
And prescribed lots of honey
I did what he said but the bee stayed alive
And in two days had started a hive

I swallowed a bee
It flew past my tongue
Straight down my throat
Into my tum tum
It could have been fatal
If I'd have been stung
The day that I swallowed a bee

Now the people had gathered
To hear my next show
I opened my mouth
But my voice wouldn't go
Over the microphone
All you could hear
Was the sound of this bee everywhere

But the bees was amazing
It knew all my songs
It buzzed them in time
And it never went wrong
The people were screaming
And yelling for more
So the bee and I did an encore

Our fame just kept spreading
Where ever we'd go
We had a hit record
And our own TV show
Stars like Madonna even queued up to see
The man and his musical bee

But all things must end
As you've often been told
And our good thing ended
When I caught a cold
Our time at the top
Finally came to a close
When I sneezed
Ah ah ah ah choo
And it flew out my nose

Now I'm just a singer my name you won't know
But once I was famous the star of the show
As the man who sang his songs on the telly
With a musical bee in his belly

I swallowed a bee
It flew past my tongue
Straight down my throat
Into my tum tum
It could have been fatal
If I'd have been stung
The day that I swallowed a bee