Nelly Bly

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Nelly Bly ! Nelly Bly! Bring the 
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broom  al-ong,
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We'll sweep the kitchen clean, my
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 dear, And have a little song.
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Poke the wood, my lady love, And 
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make the fire burn,
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And while I take the banjo down, 
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Just give the mush a turn.

[Chorus]
C               F
Heigh, Nelly!   Ho, Nelly!
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Listen, love, to me,
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I'll sing for you and play for you
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A dulcet melo-dy.

[Verse 2]
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Nelly Bly has a voice like a 
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turtle dove,
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I hear it in the meadow and I 
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hear it in the grove.
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Nelly Bly has a heart warm as a 
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cup of tea,
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And bigger than the sweet potatoes
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 down in Tenne-ssee.

[Chorus]
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C               F
Heigh, Nelly!   Ho, Nelly!
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Listen, love, to me,
     C                F
I'll sing for you and play for you
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A dulcet melo-dy.

[Verse 3]
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Nelly Bly shuts her eye when she 
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goes to sleep.
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When she wakens up again her 
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eyeballs  start to peep.
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The way she walks, she lifts her 
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foot, and then she bumps it down,
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And when it lights, there's music
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 there in that part of the town.

[Chorus]
C               F
Heigh, Nelly!   Ho, Nelly!
C                G7
Listen, love, to me,
     C                F
I'll sing for you and play for you
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A dulcet melo-dy.

[Verse 4]
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Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly! Never, never 
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sigh;
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Never bring the tear drop to the 
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corner of your eye.
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For the pie is made of pumpkins 
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and the mush is made of corn,
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And there's corn and pumpkins 
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plenty, love, a-lyin' in the barn.

[Chorus]
C               F
Heigh, Nelly!   Ho, Nelly!
C                G7
Listen, love, to me,
     C                F
I'll sing for you and play for you
  G7          C
A dulcet melo-dy.

[Chorus]
C               F
Heigh, Nelly!   Ho, Nelly!
C                G7
Listen, love, to me,
     C                F
I'll sing for you and play for you
  G7          C
A dulcet melo-dy.