Mr. Bee, Why Do You Bite Me?

DESCRIPTION: "A very little (boy) one day, planted a sunflower seed... What a wonderful feast he thought it would be For a fine little hungry honeybee!" So he brings a bee to the flower. It stings him. The boy complains, "Don't be angry Mr. Bee, why do you bite me."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2022 (Derek Piotr Archive)
KEYWORDS: flowers children injury bug | sunflower bee
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
RECORDINGS:
Mrs. B. H. Cutler, "Unknown "Sunflower Seed" Song" (Piotr-Archive #222, recorded 08/29/2022)
NOTES [39 words]: I suspect, both from what Mrs. Cutler said and from the form of the song, that this is one of those dreadful songs taught in schools to teach... behavior, or something. But I haven't been able to find a source, so I can't prove it. - RBW
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File: DPio222

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