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Fred Dyer's Bees by Amos
(Tune: The Big Rock Candy Mountain) 

In a far off lane, lined with sugar cane 
Where the honeybees go walkin' 
In a big white van, came a science-man, 
All worked up to do some stalking 
As he drove along, he hummed a song 
And thought of hives and honey! 
For he'd had a dream, and dreamt up a scheme 
That would earn him lotsa money! 

Chorus: Ohhhhhhh the buzzing of the Queen on the radar screen! 
The flapping of transistors! 
And the glue that binds on the bee's beehinds 
Of the drones and all their sisters! 

Now this science lug was in love with bugs 
And was handy with the solder! 
He drummed up a grant, by composing cant 
'Bout the queen bee, and her daughters 
There's no way to know how he flung the snow 
In his guileful composition 
But it sure was hot, cuz the fellow got 
A rich research position! 

Chorus 

So he bought himself a six-foot shelf 
Of scopes and lab things fancy 
And equipped with these, he went hunting bees 
With a postgrad aide named Nancy. 
They would grab the drones from their waxy homes 
As they left for work, Fred gottem! 
With epoxy glue and a diode or two 
They would wire up their bottoms! 

Chorus 

Now its hard to tell what this science swell 
Is learning from these workers! 
Cuz him and Nan they sit back in the van 
Watching 'scopes and eating burgers. 
Yelling "North!" and "whoa!" on the radio 
As their labmates sweat for hours 
Running zig zag trails through the hills and dales 
While the bees make calls on flowers! 

Chorus 

Now this fella Fred has got quite the head 
For acquiring research dollars 
And he'll run this show where the honeybees grow 
'Til someone tips off the scholars 
Then he'll grab a flight, in the dark of night 
And a new girl, named Amanda 
And theyll make a try, tracking tsetse flies 
For the gummint of Rwanda! 

Ohh, the buzzing of the Queen on the radar screen 
The flapping of transistors! 
And the glue that binds to the bees beehinds 
On the queen and all her sisters!

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