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'''MISCHIEVOUS BEE, THE.''' | '''MISCHIEVOUS BEE, THE.''' English, Air and Jig. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "The Mischievous Bee" is a song sung by Miss Duncan in the comedy '''Time's a Tell-tale''', written by Henry Siddons and composed by Michael Kelley. The play was staged in 1807 at the Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane. The lyric begins: | ||
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<br> | ''Little Cupid one day o'er a myrtle bough stray'd'' <br> | ||
''And among the sweet blossoms he wantonly play'd''<br> | |||
''Plucking many a leaf from buds of the tree,'' <br> | |||
''He felt that his finger was stung by a Bee.''<br> | |||
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MISCHIEVOUS BEE, THE. English, Air and Jig. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "The Mischievous Bee" is a song sung by Miss Duncan in the comedy Time's a Tell-tale, written by Henry Siddons and composed by Michael Kelley. The play was staged in 1807 at the Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane. The lyric begins:
Little Cupid one day o'er a myrtle bough stray'd
And among the sweet blossoms he wantonly play'd
Plucking many a leaf from buds of the tree,
He felt that his finger was stung by a Bee.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Harding's All Round Collection, 1905; No. 111, p. 35.
Recorded sources: