The Beekeeper — Song No. 14

Old Clement moves slow and sure. Says bees don't sting a gentle hand. "Most things in life work the same, young man." A song about patience — the kind that can't be taught, only learned by standing still long enough to let the world come to you. 🎶 Lead instrument: Fiddle 🌿 Tempo: Mid / 85 BPM 📍 Setting: Meadow hives, July morning ───────────────────────────── LYRICS ───────────────────────────── Verse 1 Old Clement tends his hives at dawn, Moves slow and sure from dusk to gone. Says bees don't sting a gentle hand, "Most things in life work the same, young man." Chorus The beekeeper knows what the hurried don't, That patience gets what the pushin' won't. Every hive has a queen and every queen has her say — Move quiet, move kind, and stay out of the way. Verse 2 He smokes the box with a cedar brand, Reads the comb like a map of the land. "They work all summer for one sweet store — And never once wish they had more." [Chorus] Bridge Banjo hums like a field in July, Lazy and golden under an open sky. He don't need a sermon, got the meadow for that, And a jar of honey and his old straw hat. Final Chorus The beekeeper knows what the hurried don't, That patience gets what the pushin' won't. Live soft on the earth, give more than you take — That's the sweetest kind of life a body can make. ───────────────────────────── Part of the series: Songs from the Hollow ───────────────────────────── #bluegrass #appalachian #originalmusic #americana #folk #acousticmusic #songsfromthehollow #thebeekeeper #fiddle #oldtimebluegrass #appalachianlife #southernfolk #patience