A little sleeping bee told me
I will walk with my feet off the ground
When my one true love

When a bee lies sleeping
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
With a morning new
And where the days go laughing by
As love comes a-calling on you

Sleep on bee don't waken
Can't believe what just passed
He's mine for the taking
I am so happy at last

Maybe I dreams, but he seems
Sweet golden as a crown

A sleeping bee told me
I will walk with my feet off the ground
When my one true love
I have found