Nellie The Elephant - 1956

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 15 Aug 2001

To Bombay a travelling circus came,
They brought an intelligent elephant,
And Nellie was her name.
One dark night
She slipped her iron chain
And off she ran to Hindustan
And was never seen again.

Nellie The Elephant
Packed her trunk and said
Goodbye to the circus,
Off she went with a trumpetytrump.
Trump! Trump! Trump!
Now Nellie the elephant
Packed her trunk
And trundled back to the jungle,
Off she went with a trumpetytrump.
Trump! Trump! Trump!

Night by night,
She danced to the circus band,
When Nellie was leading the big parade,
She looked so proud and grand.
No more tricks
For Nellie to perform,
They taught her how to take a bow
And she took the crowd by storm.

Nellie The Elephant
Packed her trunk and said
Goodbye to the circus,
Off she went with a trumpetytrump.
Trump! Trump! Trump!
Now Nellie the elephant
Packed her trunk
And trundled back to the jungle,
Off she went with a trumpetytrump.
Trump! Trump! Trump!

Nellie The Elephant
Packed her trunk and said
Goodbye to the circus,
Off she went with a trumpetytrump.
Trump! Trump! Trump!
Now Nellie the elephant
Packed her trunk
And trundled back to the jungle,
Off she went with a trumpetytrump.
Trump! Trump! Trump!

The head of the herd was calling
Far, far away;
They met one night in the silver light
On the road to Mandalay.

Nellie The Elephant
Packed her trunk and said
Goodbye to the circus,
Off she went with a trumpetytrump.
Trump! Trump! Trump!
Now Nellie the elephant
Packed her trunk
And trundled back to the jungle,
Off she went with a trumpetytrump.
Trump! Trump! Trump!

Soft karaoke
Words
synth str 1 treble
synth str 1 bass
fr hrn treble
synth brass 1 bass
Lyric Line
Tuba
drums
Nellie The Elephant 1956

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Nellie The Elephant 1956
Music by Peter Hart
Words by Ralph Butler
© 1956 Dash Music Company Limited
© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
on Wednesday 15 Aug 2001 at 21.37