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To Bombay a travelling circus came  
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they brought an intelligent elephant and Nellie was her name 
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One dark night she slipped her iron chain  
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and off she ran to Hindustan and was never seen again  
  

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Oh Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said good-bye to the circus  
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Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump  
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Now Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trundled back to the jungle  
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Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump  
  
verse 2  
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Night by night she danced to the circus band  
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when Nellie was leading the big parade she looked so proud and grand  
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No more tricks for Nellie to perform  
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they taught her how to take a bow and she took the crowd by storm  
  

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   D                                        G                    D 
Oh Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said good-bye to the circus  
G                   D              A     E     A  
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump  
    D                                        G                    D  
Now Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trundled back to the jungle  
G                   D              G     A     D  
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump  
   
Bridge 
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The head of the herd was calling far far away  
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they met one night in the silver light on the road to Mandalay  
  

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   D                                        G                    D 
Oh Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said good-bye to the circus  
G                   D              A     E     A  
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump  
    D                                        G                    D  
Now Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trundled back to the jungle  
G                   D              G     A     D  
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump  
  
   D                                        G                    D 
Oh Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said good-bye to the circus  
G                   D              A     E     A  
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump  
    D                                        G                    D  
Now Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trundled back to the jungle  
G                   D              G     A     D  
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump