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Thread #93640   Message #1804465
Posted By: swamp_rat
08-Aug-06 - 12:03 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Hey Nelly Nelly (Shel Silverstein)
Subject: Chord Req: hey nellie nellie
im wondering hte chords the song hey nellie nellie......i never heard it until i heard gram parsons sing it ona early home recording cd i have...and also who else did this song?

the lyrics are

Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window.

Hey Nellie, Nellie, look at what I see.
   
He's ridin' into town on a sway-back mule.
      
He's got a tall black hat and he looks like a fool.
      
But he sure is talkin' like he's been to school, and it's 1853.


Hey Nellie, Nellie, listen what he's sayin'.

Hey Nellie, Nellie, he says it's gettin' late.

Says all them black folks should be free,
   
To walk around the same as you and me.