C                                          G7
Nelly Bly ! Nelly Bly! Bring the broom  al-ong,
C                       F                   G7            C
We'll sweep the kitchen clean, my dear, And have a little song.
C                                              G7
Poke the wood, my lady love, And make the fire burn,
    C                F           G7                   C
And while I take the banjo down, Just give the mush a turn.

[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.

[Verse 2]
C                                   G7
Nelly Bly has a voice like a turtle dove,
C                F            G7             C
I hear it in the meadow and I hear it in the grove.
C                                      G7
Nelly Bly has a heart warm as a cup of tea,
    C               F               G7           C
And bigger than the sweet potatoes down in Tenne-ssee.

[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.

[Verse 3]
C                                        G7
Nelly Bly shuts her eye when she goes to sleep.
C               F            G7                 C
When she wakens up again her eyeballs  start to peep.
C                                                            G7
The way she walks, she lifts her foot, and then she bumps it down,
C                           F           G7                  C
And when it lights, there's music 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
  G7          C
A dulcet melo-dy.

[Verse 4]
C                                  G7
Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly! Never, never sigh;
C               F                G7             C
Never bring the tear drop to the corner of your eye.
C                                                       G7
For the pie is made of pumpkins and the mush is made of corn,
            C                 F               G7           C
And there's corn and pumpkins 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.