Song Name: | Nellie Was A Lady (chrom) | By: | Stephen C. Foster |
Posted By: | waltp | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | G | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2017-01-18 11:06:45 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | NELLIE WAS A LADY chrom
By: Stephen C. Foster Key: G 3 3 -1 2 3 3 -3 -4 -3 Down on the Mis-sis-sip-pi float-ing, -4 -3 3 2 -2* 3 -3 3 Long have I trav-el�d on my way, 3 3 -1 2 3 3 -3 -4 -3 All night the cot-ton-wood a tot-in�, -4 -3 3 2 -2* 3 -3 3 Sing for my true love all the day. Chorus. -1 -1 3 -1 2 3 Nel-lie was a la-dy, -3 -3 3 -3 Last night she died; -4 -4 -3 3 2 3 3... Toll the bell for lit-tle Nell, -3 -4 3 -3 -3 3 My dear Vir-gin-ny bride. Now I'm unhappy, and I'm weeping, Can't toat the cotton any more; Last night while Nelly was a-sleeping, Death came a-knocking at the door.-Chorus. When I saw my Nelly in the morning Smile till she open up her eyes, Seem'd like the light of day a-dawning. Just before the sun begins to rise.-Chorus. Close by the margin of the water, Where the lone weeping-willow grows, There lived Virginny's lovely daughter, There she in death may find repose.-Chorus. Down in the meadow among the clover, Walk with my Nelly by my side; Now all those happy days are over- Farewell, my dark Virginny bride!-Chorus. |