Nellie Was A Lady (chrom)

by Stephen C. Foster

NELLIE WAS A LADY chrom
By: Stephen C. Foster
Key: G

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Down on the Mis-sis-sip-pi float-ing,
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Long have I trav-el'd on my way,
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All night the cot-ton-wood a tot-in',
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Sing for my true love all the day.

Chorus.
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Nel-lie was a la-dy,
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Last night she died;
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Toll the bell for lit-tle Nell,
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My dear Vir-gin-ny bride.

Now I'm unhappy, and I'm weeping,
Can't toat the cotton any more;
Last night while Nelly was a-sleeping,
Death came a-knocking at the door.-Chorus.

When I saw my Nelly in the morning
Smile till she open up her eyes,
Seem'd like the light of day a-dawning.
Just before the sun begins to rise.-Chorus.

Close by the margin of the water,
Where the lone weeping-willow grows,
There lived Virginny's lovely daughter,
There she in death may find repose.-Chorus.

Down in the meadow among the clover,
Walk with my Nelly by my side;
Now all those happy days are over-
Farewell, my dark Virginny bride!-Chorus.