When a bee lies sleepin' In the palm of your hand You're bewitched and deep in Love's long looked after land Where you'll see a sun up sky In the mornin' dew And where the days go laughin' by When love comes callin' on you Sleep on, bee, don't waken Can't believe what just passed He's mine for the takin' I am so happy at last Maybe I dream but he seems sweet And golden as a crown A sleepin' bee done told me I'll walk with my feet off the ground When my one true love I have found When a bee lies sleepin' In the palm of your hand You're bewitched and deep in Love's long looked after land Where you'll see a sun up sky In the mornin' dew And where the days go laughin' by When love comes callin' on you Sleep on, bee, don't waken Can't believe what just passed He's mine for the takin' I am so happy at last Maybe I dream but he seems sweet And golden as a crown Sleepin' bee done told me When I walk with my feet off the ground When my one true love I have found