Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee

"Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee"
Sheet music cover
Song
Language	English
Published	1912
Songwriter(s)	Composer: Henry I. Marshall Lyricist: Stanley Murphy

"Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" is a popular song.

The music was written by Henry I. Marshall, the lyrics by Stanley Murphy. The song was published in 1912, and appeared in the 1912 play A Winsome Widow.^[1]

The song has since become a standard, recorded by many artists. Ada Jones and Billy Murray recorded it as a duet on Edison Blue Amberol cylinder record #2140.

Notable recordings

Ada Jones and Billy Murray (1912)^[2]
The Osmond Brothers (1963)

In popular culture

The song was featured in the 1941 Max Fleischer animated film Mr. Bug Goes to Town.^[3]
The song was featured in the film By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), and performed by Doris Day, Gordon MacRae and Russell Arms. Actress Sheila Burnette used to regularly perform the song with members of The Players Theatre both at the venue in Villiers Street London and also on the popular BBVC TV programme The Good Old Days.

References

↑ Boardman, Gerald Martin. American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle, pp. 322-23 (2011 ed.)
↑ 1912 Recording, Library of Congress, Retrieved 31 March 2014
↑ "Soundtracks: Mr. Bug Goes to Town".

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