Nellie the Elephant

The Toy Dolls
Música y Letras: Ralph Butler y Peter Hart


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.

oooooooooooooooooo...

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and said goodbye to the circus,
off she rode with a trumpety trump,
trump trump trump.

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and trundled off to the jungle,
off she rode with a trumpety trump,
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.

oooooooooooooooooo...

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and said goodbye to the circus,
off she rode with a trumpety trump,
trump, trump, trump.

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and trundled off to the jungle,
off she rode with a trumpety trump,
trump, trump, trump.

The head of the heard was calling, far far away.
They met one night in silver light
on the road to Mandalay.

oooooooooooooooooo...

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and said goodbye to the circus,
off she rode with a trumpety trump,
trump, trump, trump.

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and trundled off to the jungle,
off she rode with a trumpety trump,
trump, trump, trump.

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and said goodbye to the circus,
off she rode with a trumpety trump,
trump, trump, trump.

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and trundled off to the jungle,
off she rode with a trumpety trump,
trump, trump, trump.