Fly Away You Bumble Bee (Sambo)

DESCRIPTION: "Sambo was a lazy coon Who used to sleep in the afternoon." He becomes angry when a bumblebee lands on his nose and warns it that it will get no bum from him. This even though backsides/arseholes rule the navy
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Morgan/Green-RugbySongs)
KEYWORDS: bawdy animal navy
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Morgan/Green-RugbySongs, p. 141, "Fly Away You Bumble Bee" (1 text)
Roud #10236 and 29946
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Backsides Rule the Navy" (lyrics)
NOTES [43 words]: The Morgan/Green-RugbySongs text appears to me to be a conflation, starting with a Sambo song that looks like a bad minstrel piece, then concluding with a version of "Backsides Rule the Navy." Both parts may be traditional; I wonder about the combination. - RBW
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