The Beehive
Text and Tune: Pills to Purge Melancholy, a
collection of popular songs published 1698-1720
by Thomas Durfey.
My Mistress is a Hive of Bees
in yonder flowry Garden,
To her they come with loaden Thighs,
to ease them of their Burden:
As under the Bee-Hive lieth the Wax,
and under the Wax is Honey.
So under her Waste her Belly is plac'd,
and under that her cunny.
My Mistress is a Mine of Gold,
would that it were her Pleasure,
To let me dig within her Mould,
and roll among her Treasure.
As under the Moss the Mould doth lye,
and under the Mould is Mony,
So under her Waste her Belly is plac'd,
and under that her cunny.
My Mistress is a pleasant Spring,
that yieldeth Water sweet,
That doth refresh each wither'd thing
lies trodden under Feet,
Her Belly is both white and soft,
and downy as any Bunny,
That many Gallants wish full oft,
to play but with her cunny.
My Mistress bath the Magick Sprays,
she takes such wonderous pain,
That she can pleasing Spirits raise,
and lay them down again,
Such power hath my tripping Doe,
my little pretty Bunny,
That many would their Lives forego,
to play but with her cunny.