A one, two   A one, two, three, four      Half a bee, philosophically   Must, ipso facto, half not be   But half the bee has got to be   A vis-a-vis its entity, d'you see?      But can a bee be said to be   Or not to be an entire bee   When half the bee is not a bee   Due to some ancient injury?      Singing      A laa dee dee, a one two three   Eric, the half a bee   A, B, C, D, E, F, G   Eric, the half a bee      Is this wretched demi-bee   Half asleep upon my knee   Some freak from a menagerie?   No! It's Eric, the half a bee      A fiddle de dum, a fiddle de dee   Eric, the half a bee   Hoh hoh hoh, tee hee hee   Eric, the half a bee      I love this hive, employee   Bisected accidentally   One summer afternoon, by me   I love him carnally      He loves him carnally   Semi-carnally   The end      Cyril Connelly?   No, semi-carnally   Oh, Cyril Connelly