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Slide set: The honeysuckle and the bee (song: Bamforth & Co., 11 slides, 1902)

Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1
Intro. with Title
Slide 2
On a summer's afternoon, where the honeysuckles bloom
Slide 3
'Neath a little rustic bower, 'mid the perfume of the flower, a maiden sat with one she loved the best
Slide 4
As they sang the songs of love, from the arbour just above came a bee which lit upon the vine
Slide 5
As is sipped the honey dew, they both vowed they would be true, then he whispered to her words she thought divine
Slide 6
(Chorus.) You are my honeysuckle, I am the bee, etc.
Slide 7**
So beneath that sky so blue, these two lovers fond and true, with their hearts so filled with bliss
Slide 8
As they sat there side by side, he asked her to be his bride. She answered 'Yes,' and sealed it with a kiss
Slide 9
For her heart had yielded soon, 'neath the honeysuckle's bloom, and through life they'd wander day by day
Slide 10
And he vowed just like the bee, 'I will build a home for thee,' and the bee then seemed to answer them and say
Slide 11**
Words of Chorus
** there are alternative versions or views of this slide
Main type of image
life model
Main usage of set
song
Date of first manufacture
1902
Reading or song

Albert H. Fitz and William H. Penn, The honeysuckle and the bee (London: Francis, Day & Hunter, 1901)

Notes
The 1910 Bamforth catalogue gives the total as 10 slides, though the 1912 and 1914 supplements give the total as 11.
Collections

2 slides known to exist in private collection

11 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID  3002378

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 23 November 2016

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