tupelo  honey  -  van  morrison

  you  can  take  all  the  tea  in  china

    put  it  in  a  big  brown  bag  for  me

    sail  right  around  the  seven  oceans

    drop  it  straight  into  the  deep  blue  sea

    shes  as  sweet  as  tupelo  honey

    shes  an  angel  of  the  first  degree

    shes  as  sweet  as  tupelo  honey

    just  like  honey  from  the  bee

    you  cant  stop  us  on  the  road  to  freedom

    you  cant  keep  us  cause  our  eyes  can  see

    men  with  insight  men  in  granite

    knights  in  armor  bent  on  chivalry

    shes  as  sweet  as  tupelo  honey

    shes  an  angel  of  the  first  degree

    shes  as  sweet  as  tupelo  honey

    just  like  honey  from  the  bee

    you  cant  stop  us  on  the  road  to  freedom

    you  cant  stop  us  cause  our  eyes  can  see

    men  with  insight  men  in  granite

    knights  in  armor  intent  on  chivalry

    shes  as  sweet  as  tupelo  honey

    shes  an  angel  of  the  first  degree

    shes  as  sweet  as  tupelo  honey

    just  like  honey  from  the  bee

    you  know  shes  alright

    you  know  shes  alright  with  me

    shes  alright,  shes  alright  (shes  an  angel)

    you  can  take  all  the  tea  in  china

  put  it  in  a  big  brown  bag  for  me

  sail  it  right  around  the  seven  oceans

    drop  it  smack  dab  in  the  middle  of  the  deep  blue  sea

    because  shes  as  sweet  as  tupelo  honey

    shes  an  angel  of  the  first  degree

    shes  as  sweet  as  tupelo  honey

    just  like  honey  from  the  bee

    shes  as  sweet  as  tupelo  honey

  shes  an  angel  of  the  first  degree

    shes  as  sweet  as  tupelo  honey

    just  like  the  honey  baby  from  the  bee

    shes  my  baby,  you  know  shes  alright

  a  posting  to  the  van  mailing  list  may/96  notes  the  existence  of  a  lost  verse  to  this  song,  here  transcribed  from  a  performance  on  the  van  morrison  in  ireland  concert  video:

  theres  a  rose  pressed  inside  a  bible

    that  she  reads  on  the  balcony

    shes  sweet  in  slumber  and  ive  got  her  number

    for  the  beginning  of  the  century

    van  list  member  art  siegel  comments  in  nov/97  that  i  dont  think  the  rose  in  the  bible  is  a  true  lost  verse,  but  rather  one  that  van  added  to  his  live  performances  years  after  the  origin

  here  is  though  a  true  lost  verse  which  is  in  the  original  sheet  music

  ill  tell  a  tale  of  old  manhattan

  adirondack  bus  to  go

  standing  waiting  on  my  number

  and  my  numbers  gonna  show

  the  dusty  springfield  cover  version  on  the  van  morrison  songbook  cd  has  a  variant  of  this

  i  heard  a  tale  of  old  manhattan

  ive  never  been  there  but  i  want  to  go

  standing  waiting  on  my  number

  and  my  numbers  gonna  show