/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

Composed by Tim Martin for a WMA Summer School of Music composition class, set to a poem taken from Rudyard Kipling's Puck of Pook Hill.
A boy bee keeper talking and singing with his bees

lyrics

A maiden in her glory,
Upon her wedding-day,
Must tell her Bees the story,
Or else they'll fly away.
Fly away - die away -
Dwindle down and leave you!
But if you don't deceive your Bees,
Your Bees will not deceive you.

Marriage, birth or buryin',
News across the seas,
All you're sad or merry in,
You must tell the Bees.
Tell 'em coming in an' out,
Where the Fanners fan,
'Cause the Bees are just about
As curious as a man!

Don't you wait where the trees are,
When the lightnings play,
Nor don't you hate where Bees are,
Or else they'll pine away.
Pine away - dwine away -
Anything to leave you!
But if you never grieve your Bees,
Your Bees'll never grieve you.

credits

from The Magic Money Tree, released October 15, 2018
Vocals, 6 String Baritone Ukulele and Uke Bass: Tim Martin
Percussion and sound recording: Mike Townsend (acoustic Works)

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Tim Martin aka @dogcatchicken image

Tim Martin aka @dogcatchicken Birmingham, UK

I'm a Singer/Song writer who plays either a 6 string Baritone Uke or a Stick Dulcimer whilst sitting on a Cajon/Foot Drum
I have Folk/Blues/Jazz influence and sometimes I play Uke Bass, Harmonica and Chromatic Button Accordion on some of my recordings. ... more

contact / help

Contact Tim Martin aka @dogcatchicken

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Tim Martin aka @dogcatchicken, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now