HEY NELLY NELLY

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Song Title
HEY NELLY NELLY
Writers
Silverstein, Friedman
Publisher
HOLLIS MUSIC, INC. (BMI)
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
WORLD
Themes/Keywords
Civil War, Freedom, History, Horse, Lincoln, Past, Slavery, U.S. History, War
Lyrics
Hey Nelly Nelly, come to the window,
Hey Nelly Nelly, looky what I see.
He’s a ridin’ into town on a sway back mule,
Got a tall black hat and he looks like a fool
But he sure is a talkin’ like he’s been to school,
And it’s eighteen fifty three.

Hey Nelly Nelly, listen what he’s sayin’
Hey Nelly Nelly, he says it’s gettin’ late
And he says them black folks should all be free
To walk around same as you and me
And he’s talkin’ ‘bout a thing called democracy
And it’s 1858.

Hey Nelly Nelly, hear the band a-playin’
Hey Nelly Nelly, hand me down my gun
For the men are cheerin’ and the boys are too
And they’re all puttin’ on their coats of blue
And I can’t sit around here and talk to you
‘Cause it’s 1861.

Hey Nelly Nelly Nelly, now the fightin’s over
Hey Nelly Nelly, I’ve come home alive
My coat of blue is stained with red
And the man in the tall black hat is dead
But we sure will remember all the things he said
And it’s 1865.

Hey Nelly Nelly, come to the window
Hey Nelly Nelly, looky what I see
I see black folks a walkin’ with the white
Did you ever think you’d see that sight?
It’s been a long hard, damn hard, bloody hard fight
To 1963.

Recordings

Recording Artist Genre Mood Arrangement Era iTunes
JUDY COLLINS Rock Empowering, Hopeful, Political, Positive Acoustic Guitar, Vocal 1960's Buy >
THE BACK PORCH MAJORITY Folk Empowering, Hopeful, Political, Positive Acoustic Guitar, Vocal 1960's Buy >

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