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Thread #34859   Message #3812441
Posted By: GUEST,PBR
03-Oct-16 - 04:25 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Hang on the Bell, Nellie
Subject: RE: Origins: Hang on the Bell, Nellie
This (more-or-less) is a transcription of how I've heard 'Hang on the Bell Nellie' sung.
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T:Hang on the Bell Nellie
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Q:1/4=60
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w:The scene was in the jail-house and if cur-few rang that night, The
FFFG|AA A2|"A"AA/A/GF|"D"E3A,|
w:guy in num-ber thir-teen cell would go out like a light. She
DDDE|FFED|GFGA|B3B|
w:knew her dad was in-no-cent, and so poor lit-tle Nell has
"A"AAA2|AAA3/2A/|EGFE|"D"D2A2-|A4"Chorus"|
w:tied her ten-der tor-so to the clapper of the bell. Oh_
|"D"AA2B|F2DD|"G"dd2B|"D"A3A|
w:Hang on the Bell Nel-lie, hang on the bell, Your
A2A2|B2AF|"A"E2EF|E2FE|
w:poor Daddy's locked in a cold pri-son cell. As you
"D"D2 D>E |F2DD| G2G>A|B3B|
w: swing to the left, and you swing to the right, Re-
"A"A A2 A|A E2 F|"G"G>G "A"F E|"D"D4|]
w:mem-ber   that cur-few must ne-ver ring to-night.