CG7
Nelly Bly ! Nelly Bly! Bring the broom al-ong,
CFG7C
We'll sweep the kitchen clean, my dear, And have a little song.
CG7
Poke the wood, my lady love, And make the fire burn,
CFG7C
And while I take the banjo down, Just give the mush a turn.
[Chorus]
CF
Heigh, Nelly! Ho, Nelly!
CG7
Listen, love, to me,
CF
I'll sing for you and play for you
G7C
A dulcet melo-dy.
[Verse 2]
CG7
Nelly Bly has a voice like a turtle dove,
CFG7C
I hear it in the meadow and I hear it in the grove.
CG7
Nelly Bly has a heart warm as a cup of tea,
CFG7C
And bigger than the sweet potatoes down in Tenne-ssee.
[Chorus]
CF
Heigh, Nelly! Ho, Nelly!
CG7
Listen, love, to me,
CF
I'll sing for you and play for you
G7C
A dulcet melo-dy.
[Verse 3]
CG7
Nelly Bly shuts her eye when she goes to sleep.
CFG7C
When she wakens up again her eyeballs start to peep.
CG7
The way she walks, she lifts her foot, and then she bumps it down,
CFG7C
And when it lights, there's music there in that part of the town.
[Chorus]
CF
Heigh, Nelly! Ho, Nelly!
CG7
Listen, love, to me,
CF
I'll sing for you and play for you
G7C
A dulcet melo-dy.
[Verse 4]
CG7
Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly! Never, never sigh;
CFG7C
Never bring the tear drop to the corner of your eye.
CG7
For the pie is made of pumpkins and the mush is made of corn,
CFG7C
And there's corn and pumpkins plenty, love, a-lyin' in the barn.
[Chorus]
CF
Heigh, Nelly! Ho, Nelly!
CG7
Listen, love, to me,
CF
I'll sing for you and play for you
G7C
A dulcet melo-dy.
[Chorus]
CF
Heigh, Nelly! Ho, Nelly!
CG7
Listen, love, to me,
CF
I'll sing for you and play for you
G7C
A dulcet melo-dy.