Baby Bumblebee

DESCRIPTION: "I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee. Won't my mama be so proud of me. I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee. Ouch! It stung me! My bumbee bee."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2021 (LibraryThingCampSongsThread)
KEYWORDS: bug injury campsong
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
LibraryThingCampSongsThread, post 70, "Baby Bumblebee" (1 excerpt, from user Tess_W, posted September 1, 2021)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 99, 130, 279, 510, "Baby Bumblebee"/"Baby Bumble Bee" (notes only)
NOTES [95 words]: Wikipedia, entry on "The Arkansas Traveler" (i.e. "The Arkansas Traveler (fiddle recitation)"), considers this a parody of that song. I don't see it. And I don't find any field collections of the song. But apparently this is widely known in camps, so I am including it.
It should be noted that bumblebees very rarely sting, although, unlike ordinary bees, they do not die when they sting.
There was a 1913 pop song, "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee," by Stanley Murphy and Henry I. Marshall. It is not this, but I suppose there might have been some sort of influence. - RBW
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