Busy Mister Bee
- Title
- Busy Mister Bee
- LC Subject
- Popular music Sheet music
- Item Locator
- Music ShColl 008559
- Alternative
- Busy Mr. Bee
- Creator
- Caldwell, Anne, 1867-1936
- Illustrator
- E. K.
- Lyricist
- O'Dea, James, 1871-1914
- Description
- On cover: "Sam. S. and Lee Schubert's production of The top o' th' world, book by Mark E. Swan, lyrics by James O'Dea, music by Manuel Klein and Anna Caldwell"; List titles on cover; Caption: Lyric by James O'Dea, music by A. Payson Caldwell; plate number: M.W.&SONS 7947; Back cover reproduces first lines of music for "Beautiful; home song successes": Love me, and the world is mine, Carissima, I'd live or I would die for you, Love dreams, Take me with you in your dreams, My dear, The door of hope, Sweet thoughts of home, Sleep and forget, As long as the world rolls on; The color represented in the digital image may differ significantly from the original and may not contain annotations. For annotation information, please contact Music Services.
- First Line
- There once was a little bee, whoo'er the flow'ry lea
- First Line Chorus
- Buzz, buzz, busy Mister Bee, but you can't come buzzing me
- Instrumentation
- Song for voice and piano
- Cover
- Polar bear and girl sitting atop orange globe with Northern Lights, crescent moon, and an airship in background; orange and blue ink
- Work Type
- sheet music
- Issued
- 1907
- Identifier
- BUSY MR BEE
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Place Of Publication
- New York >> New York >> United States
- Type
- Text
- Format
- application/pdf
- Physical Extent
- 5 p.
- Set
- Historic Sheet Music Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic Sheet Music Collection
- Larger Work
- Top o' th' world
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Exhibit
- Women composers
