Won't my mommy be so proud of me? It also apparently inspired Aurand Harris in the 1970s to write a play about a circus and a child confronting death named The Arkansaw Bear, with a totally different storyline and bear. And says he, "Where am I going? Ideal for decorating your home or farmhouse and excellent gift idea for your friends! All posts copyright their original authors. I just loved the gross out factor. So, could be worse. He kicked me! [5], The song is traditionally known to have had several versions of lyrics, which are much older than Arkansas' copyrighted state historic song.[6]. I'm bringing home a baby rattlesnake. I'm squishing up the baby banana slug I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee, Won't my mommy be so proud of me, I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee, Ouch! You could elaborate on the many other reasons we shouldn't fall asleep with foreign material in our mouths, though. Good animation, music, and voice work. That didn't seem to bother the man at all. The squatter shook his hoary head and answered with a stubborn air It was Arkansas' state song from 1949 to 1963, and the state historic song since 1987. (Shake hands as if just stung) I'm squishing up the baby bumblebee,Won't my mommy be so proud of me,('Squish' bee between palms of hands) I'm squishing up a baby bumblebee,Ooh! In ancient times, and even today, many cultures believe that if a bee lands on you or flies around you, it symbolises good luck and wealth. He stung me! Tie it shut and draw details on the outside to make it look like a bumblebee. There lived a squatter with a stubborn jaw. I'm smashing up my baby bumblebee, Won't my mamma be so proud of me I'm smashing up my baby bumble bee Yuck! Beaky Buzzard's mother sends him and his brothers out with the mission of bringing home something to eat. I'm squishing up the baby bumblebee. It's yucky!) It is also called the baby Bumblebee song or "I'm Bringing Home A Baby Bumble Bee." It got written by fiddler Colonel Sanford C. It is any preschooler's favorite song. Go back and re-read Mother Goose sometime. I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee. And, when the rain came down on the cabin floor, In particular, one friend of mine sang it such that you barfed up the baby bumblebee and then licked it up again, which made me deeply uncomfortable. Oh, I'm taking home a baby dinosaur (back and forth motions, like pulling a dinosaur) He sawed away at the popular air, The instrumental version is heard in the dance scene in the 12th episode of Call of the Wild. This might be like the Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer xmas song -- not meant to taken literally, so to speak. (Open up hands to look at 'mess') I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee,Won't my mommy be so proud of me,(Wipe hands off on shirt) I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee,Now my mommy won't be mad at me This is the sheet music of the Baby Bumblebee song with chords and lyrics: You can sing along with the YouTube Video. I was kind of flabbergasted by it - so weird, creepy, insane. [as his siblings return to the nest carrying large, dangerous game animals, Beaky laconically flaps back with his claw wrapped around a barely visible insect]. Naturally any song, story or performance in which a character is doing something unusual or incorrectly seems very silly to them. It's yucky! This packet can be used for individual students or groups. My mother is a elementary/middle school music teacher, and one day she and her 5th graders were being silly in music class, and she taught them a parody of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" that she had learned when she was a girl: Ok. I'm bringing home a baby banana slug. They dance with much grace and amusement to "The Arkansas Traveler", followed briefly by "Dixie (song)|Dixie". The first version is the version taught to Northern school Children. In the scene where Beaky's brothers are bringing animals for their mother one of them brings a cow, as it carries the cow the eye lid on the cow's patch changes repeatedly from brown to white. Beaky may be a minor character in the grand scheme of things but he's impossible to dislike. And lift our voices loud and long. Won't my Mommy be surprised at me. The song is the children's version of a song titled "The Arkansas Traveler". The first known vocal recording of the song was made by Dan Hornsby and Clayton McMichen on 4/12/1928 and commercially released as Columbia 15000D Series #W146039 15253 Part 1 & #W146038 15253D part 2. And stopped to hear him a-practicing away; And his folks are still a-waiting for Bosephus to come back. It stung me! But the old man said as he played away, like cockroaches? Ouch, he stung me. And if he hadn't fiddled, he'd a travelled all night. I used to sing this when I was a kid! Won't my mommy be so proud of me I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee. ). Won't my mommy be so proud of me I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee. He stung me! (Ooh! I'm scooping up my baby bumblebee (gestures show scooping into mouth and eating) I'm squishing up the baby bumblebee. The bumblebee song is a classic that I remember very well from childhood, as is the found a peanut song. I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee. STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, ROAR!! I'm bringin' home a baby bumblebee Yuck. And every voice that sings the glad refrain (E.g. That's why Amelia Bedelia seems so hilarious and why if you have a puppet that counts to five "1, 2, 3, 4, Ice Cream Cone!" Any chance the bit about cockroaches is the result of slightly misunderstood, but quite reasonable, communication about the importance of brushing teeth? Cookie Notice For "squishing up my baby bumblebee" you would mash it in your hands. http://mymissnina.com for Miss Nina's event calendar, music, merch and more videos.https://www.facebook.com/mymissnina to LIKE Miss Nina on FB. Additional taxes may apply. And then for 'wiping off my baby bumblebee" in the third verse, you would mime wiping your hands - except the last line wasn't "ew, it's all over me," it was "ew, it's all over YOU", and you would end by wiping your hands on the sleeve of a bystander. There is a different version of Baby BumbleBee more popular in Australia. Won't my mommy shiver and shake, I'm bringing home a baby rattlesnake. A slow version of the "Bringing home a baby bumble-bee" version is sung by Beaky Buzzard in the short The Bashful Buzzard. They're still getting a grip on why bodily fluids like vomit are fine in some contexts and not others, and why some things that look and taste gross, like broccoli and creamed spinach, are supposedly good to eat and others, like bugs, are not. His nose was ruby red and his whiskers gray (stomp and roar! It's yucky! I know it. "Baby Bumblebee" is a popular nursery/children's song. There is a different version of Baby BumbleBee more popular in Australia. But he came to a cabin, and an old gray man, Yeah as a kid I'd sing the greasy grimy gopher guts song and many others in the vein. (Shake hands as if just stung) I'm squishing up the baby bumblebee, Won't my mommy be so proud of me, ('Squish' bee between palms of hands) I'm squishing up a baby bumblebee, Ooh! "Baby bumblebee" redirects here. It revolved around the encounter of a (usually lost) traveling city person with a local, wise-cracking fiddle player. But four year olds? "Don't know it," says the fiddler. I'm wiping off the baby banana slug. Patch up your cabin, that is my advice. But still the old man didn't seem to fret. I'm lickin' up my baby bumble bee SNAP, SNAP, SNAP, SNAP, SNAP! "Baby Bumblebee" is a children's song that first appeared in "The Backyard Show" in the Barney franchise. Im bringing home a baby dinosaur, says he. "Oh, we'll have a little music first and then some supper, too, And stopped to hear him a-practicing away; And fiddled at a tune that he liked to hear, It stung me! It's just kind of nonsensical mildly gross cuteness. Lets find out. The cockroach thing is over the top. C F C I'm wiping off my baby bumblebee. CLOMP, CLOMP, CLOMP, CLOMP, CLOMP! Won't my mommy be so proud of me ('Squish' bee between palms of hands) I'm squishing up a baby bumblebee. +1 camp song, and there are worse to come ("when you're sliding into first and you feel something burst"). Bounce and Bumble with "Baby Bumblebee". I'm wringin' out my baby bumble bee-Bye-bye baby bumblebee! October 27, 2019. [Verse 1] D G D I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee. Our items include short sleeve maternity t-shirts, tank tops, and the perfect long sleeve for cooler weather. And he would sit and fiddle all the night and all the day. An original design that requires only three crochet stitches - chain stitch, single crochet and the popcorn stitch. As much as bees flying around you may scare you or annoy you, some part of you can be happy that it may bring joy and money to . And no bees are actually killed during the singing of this song! The contemporary singer Michelle Shocked includes a vaudeville-style version of "Arkansas Traveler" on her 1992 album of the same name. (spoken) Ooh! But still the old man didn't seem to fret. I'm Bringing Home My Baby Bumblebee Steven Anderson, Misa Saburi (Illustrations) 2.25 8 ratings1 review Bumblebees make perfect pets.or do they? It slimed me! I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee "Get along," said he, "for you give me a pain; ), The Arkansas Traveler sketch in Vaudeville, https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Bards_Old_Time_Fiddle_Tunebook_Supplement/The_Arkansas_Traveler&oldid=3224695, Tommy Jarrell and ALy Bain in a memorable rendition of this seminal tune which aired on Aly Bain's 1985 TV Series. I'm squishing up the baby bumblebee, Won't my mommy be so proud of me, I'm squishing up a baby bumblebee, Ooh! But before we have the supper we will play the music through. Ouch! That was a mistake! Chorus Is it creepy? Look at my hands! then borrowed back into English (e.g. I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee - OUCH! Tho' his rooftree leaked like a waterfall, The "Baby Bumblebee" version was sung on two episodes of Barney & Friends, and one video from its predecessor, Barney and the Backyard Gang. You'll forget about your supper, you'll forget about your home, C F C I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee. ! 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