Sarah Leonard, Michael Nyman Band and Orchestra & Michael Nyman Where the Bee Sucks song lyrics
Sarah Leonard, Michael Nyman Band and Orchestra & Michael Nyman Where the Bee Sucks song lyrics
(Ariel)
Where the bee sucks, there suck I:
In a cowslip's bell I lie;
There I couch when owls do cry.
On the bat's back I do fly
After summer merrily.
Merrily,
Merrily shall I live now
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. {original text ends here}
(Piano Interlude)
Where the bee sucks, there suck I: {my additions and repetitions}
In a cowslip's bell I lie;
There I couch when owls do cry.
On the bat's back I do fly. . .
(Cello & Harpsichord Soli)
Where the bee sucks, there suck I:
On the bat's back I do fly
After summer merrily.
Merrily,
Merrily shall I live now
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough
(Interlude a key higher)
. . . hangs on the bough . . .
. . . shall I live now . . .
Coda
Merrily shall I live now
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
In a cowslip's bell I lie;
Where the bee sucks, there suck I!
Tell me where is fancy bred, {he}
Or in the heart, or in the head?
How begot, how nourishèd? Reply, reply.
It is engender'd in the eyes, {she}
With gazing fed;
and fancy dies, and fancy dies {together}
In the cradle where it lies.
Let us all ring fancy's knell; {he}
I'll begin it, –ding, dong, bell.
Let us all ring fancy's knell;
I'll begin it, –ding, dong, bell.
Ding, dong, bell. {together}
(Harp /Strings Interlude)
Tell me where is fancy bred, {she}
Or in the heart or in the head?
How begot, how nourishèd?
Reply, reply.
It is engender'd in the eyes, {he}
With gazing fed; (fancy dies) {she}
and fancy dies, and fancy dies {together}
In the cradle where it lies.
2
Let us all ring (let us all ring) {he & she alternating}
fancy's knell; (ring fancy's knell) I'll begin it, –ding, dong, bell.
Let us all ring (let us all ring) fancy's knell; (ring fancy's knell)
I'll begin it, –ding, dong, bell.
Ding, dong, bell.
Coda
Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong, bell.