verse 1 
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. 


[Refrão]
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. 


[Refrão]
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. 


[Refrão]
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. 
 

[Refrão]
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. 
 
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.