The Bees Melody (1992 Music Video) - Lord Kitchener

Trinbagonian, Aldwyn Roberts (Lord Kitchener), was one of the most famous calypsonians internationally. In 1992, he wrote and sung "The Bees' Melody"; an expression of his love for his country's national instrument, the steelpan, in the form of a comedic ballad about his addiction to listening to the humming of the bees as he tries to endure the pain of being attacked and stung by them.

LYRICS
Climbing up a mountain,
High above the sea,
I find myself approaching
A hive of killer bee
Climbing up a mountain,
High above the sea,
I find myself disturbing
A hive of killer bee

They bite me on meh chin,
Bite me on meh hand.
The noise that they making,
It sound like steel pan.
Because of meh love for music,
I refused to run,
But the bees were not sympathetic
They sting meh for fun.

Vnn vnn - killer bee bite meh!
Dem killer bee sting me!
Dem killer bee dread!
Vnn vnn - killer bee jook me!
Dem killer bee jook me,
All over me head!

Well ah feeling the pain
But ah getting a vibe in meh brain.
Mamma o! Ah start to dance,
Ah start to prance,
Because the buzzing of the bee
Caused this beautiful melody.

Humm...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn...
You see, the bees' melody.

Stand up in the bushes,
Leaning on a tree,
Watching all the bruises
The bees put on me,
I say "this is tragic!
Is it wrong or right,
For the sake of music
To take all this bite?"

Well, this was my problem
Should I stay or go?
Something tell me "leave them!"
Something tell me "no!"
Well I finally decided
"I'm going to remain."
The bees must be think I stupid
They lash me again!

Vnn vnn - killer bee bite meh!
Dem killer bee sting me!
Dem killer bee dread!
Vnn vnn - killer bee jook me!
Dem killer bee jook me,
All over me head!

Well ah feeling the pain
But ah getting a vibe in meh brain.
Mamma o! Ah start to dance,
Ah start to prance,
Because the buzzing of the bee
Caused this beautiful melody.

Humm...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn...
You see, the bees' melody.

I decide I leaving
Things getting too tough.
The way meh luck was going,
I think I had enough.
As I getting ready
To clear out the place,
Up came the queen bee,
Buzzing round meh face.

She start buccaneering
Music in she wing.
Suddenly she flew in
And gave me a sting.
Before I could bawl out,
"Oh gorm, like is dead ah dead!"
The whole of the bee hive
Just swarm and ravaged meh head.

Vnn vnn - killer bee bite meh!
Dem killer bee sting me!
Dem killer bee dread!
Vnn vnn - killer bee jook me!
Dem killer bee jook me,
All over me head!

Well ah feeling the pain
But ah getting a vibe in meh brain.
Mamma o! Ah start to dance,
Ah start to prance,
Because the buzzing of the bee
Caused this beautiful melody.

Humm...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn...
You see, the bees' melody.

Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...

Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Aie, aie!
Aie, aie!
Aie, aie!
Aie, aie!

Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Aie, aie!
Aie, aie!
Aie, aie!
Aie, aie!

Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Vnn vnn vnn vnn vnn...
Aie, aie!
Aie, aie!
Aie, aie!
Aie, aie!


ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO SOURCE
youtube . com / watch?v=Qe-nfy1uBGw
uploaded by vernon slaven (@ RasBufflo)

VIDEO SOURCE EDITS
Replaced original video source's audio with a higher quality audio of the song (slowed video speed to synchronise).
Using footage from the music video itself, added scenes to fill in the start and end of the video because of the new full replacement audio that was used.
Resized and slightly cropped the original, stretched video source to fit the natural 4:3 aspect ratio.
Upscaled the video to 4K resolution with frame interpolation (60fps), which gave a better result than without frame interpolation.