(Richard Rudolph)

I'm hangin' round the bee tree
Hangin' round the bee tree
Oh, I'm hangin' round the bee tree
Trying to get near the queen bee
Oh, trying to get near the queen

They say if you love the queen bee
They say if you love the queen bee
Hey, oh Lord, they say if you love the queen bee,
You're never gonna live to see the morn
You're never gonna see the morn

[Interlude]

I'll bring the queen all of my money
Oh, I'll bring the queen all of my honey
I'll bring the queen all of my money, honey
But it don't mean a thing
No, it don't mean a thing

Still I'm hangin' round the bee tree
Oh, everyday I said I'm hangin' round the bee tree
Oh Lord, I'm hangin' round the bee tree
And I'm trying, trying to get near that old queen bee
Oh, I'm trying to get near that old queen bee