☝️ Key Points
- The song is about love as something that all living beings do.
- It gives different examples of animals and people from different countries who can fall in love.
- The lyrics show that love is something universal that exists in all cultures and in all species of living beings.
- It emphasizes that falling in love is something beautiful that should be enjoyed.
Interpretation
The lyrics of the song "Birds do it, bees do it" by
Ella Fitzgerald are about how love is something that all living beings do. It's about how both animals and humans can fall in love. The text says that birds do it, bees do it, and even educated fleas do it. Ella Fitzgerald sings: "Let's do it, let's fall in love", which means "Let's do it, let's fall in love".
The text describes different examples of animals and people from different countries who can fall in love. For example, Ella Fitzgerald sings that in Spain the best people do it, in Amsterdam people do it, and even Siamese twins do it in Siam. She also says that Argentinians do it, even though they don't have much, and that even beans do it in Boston.
Various animals that can fall in love are also mentioned, such as romantic sponges, oysters in the Oyster Bay, and even electric eels.
The lyrics of the song show that love is something universal that exists in all cultures and in all species of living beings. It's about how anyone can fall in love and that falling in love is something beautiful to enjoy. Ella Fitzgerald sings: "Let's do it, let's fall in love", to convey the message that we should all fall in love.