Nellie The Elephant
Words & Music:
Ralph Butler & Peter
Hart
This is The Toy Dolls'
version of this 1956 classic.
According to Wikipedia, some use this song to teach the correct rhythm
for CPR (100 chest compressions per minute).
INTRO: Em B7 Em C B7 Em
Em B7 Em G
B
To Bombay a travelling circus
came,
F#7
B
F#7
B
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.
[n.c.]
Ooooooooooooooooh!
CHORUS: [faster]
E
A
E
Nellie the elephant packed her
trunk and said good-bye to the circus.
A
E
F#7 B7 E
Off she went with a
trumpety-trump! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!
E
A
E
Now, Nellie the elephant
packed her trunk & trumbled back to the jungle
A
E
F#7 B7 E
Off she went 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 & she took the crowd by storm.
Ooooooooooooooooh!
CHORUS: [after the Chorus, play a C chord to
transition to Bridge]
BRIDGE:
Bb
F Bb F
The head of the herd was
calling far, far away.
G7
C G7 C
They met one night in the
silver light on the road to Mandalay.
Ooooooooooooooooh!
CHORUS:
OUTRO:
F Bb F Bb F G7 C | F Bb F Bb F G7 C7 F