The Bumblebee

1 You better not fool with a Bumblebee! -- 2 Ef you don't think they can sting -- you'll see! 3 They're lazy to look at, an' kind o' go 4 Buzzin' an' bummin' aroun' so slow, 5 An' ac' so slouchy an' all fagged out, 6 Danglin' their legs as they drone about 7 The hollyhawks 'at they can't climb in 8 'Ithout ist a-tumble-un out ag'in! 9 Wunst I watched one climb clean 'way 10 In a jimson-blossom, I did, one day, -- 11 An' I ist grabbed it -- an' nen let go -- 12 An' "Ooh-ooh! Honey! I told ye so!" 13 Says The Raggedy Man; an' he ist run 14 An' pullt out the stinger, an' don't laugh none, 15 An' says: "They has be'n folks, I guess, 16 'At thought I wuz predjudust, more er less, -- 17 Yit I still muntain 'at a Bumblebee 18 Wears out his welcome too quick fer me!"