Did you ever sit straight up in bed
With somethin' circlin' around your head?
And you swot at it as it whizzes by

And it's just one pesky little fly

You shake your head and you twitch your nose

And settle down to sweet repose
Then when you're just about the dose, fly trouble


Buzz buzz buzz
Goes that busy little fly
Buzz buzz buzz

He's takin' off and high

You roll a paper an' nice and tight

And you wait around for him to light
But there's a fly just livin' right
Buzz buzz buzz


Now the toughest hide grows on the mule
'Cause he's a balky stubborn fool

Well, he likes to look at you and glare
An' never even move a hare


But when his muscles start to twitch
And when his tail begins to switch
That mule ain't bothered with the itch, fly trouble


Buzz buzz buzz
Goes that busy little pest

Buzz buzz buzz
That mule can't get no rest


He shakes his head and bats his eye
And kicks his heels up to the sky
Did you ever see a jazz that cry

Buzz buzz buzz

Now you pick a perfect night in June

When flowers are bloomin' 'neath the moon
Your light of love is burnin' bright
And you tell yourself tonight's the night


You brace yourself and your courage grows
And you're on your knees where you propose

When something bites you on the nose, fly trouble

Buzz buzz buzz

Goes that busy little thing
Buzz buzz buzz
You swot and lose the ring


You fan the air as he goes by
And stick your finger in your eye

Hit every thing except that fly
Buzz buzz buzz