NELLY WAS A LADY lyrics words text STEPHEN FOSTER Nellie Was A Lady trending folk song sing along

NELLY WAS A LADY lyrics words text STEPHEN FOSTER Nellie Was A Lady trending folk song sing along
Down on the Mississippi floating,
Long time I travel on de way,
All night de cottonwood a toting,
Sing for my true love all de day.
Nelly was a lady,
Last night she died,
Toll de bell for lovely Nell,
My dark Virginny bride.

Now I'm unhappy, and I'm weeping,
Can't tote de cottonwood no more;
Last night, while Nelly was a sleeping,
Death came a knockin' at de door.

Nelly was a lady,
Last night she died,
Toll de bell for lovely Nell,
My dark Virginny bride.

When I saw my Nelly in de morning,
Smile till she opened up her eyes,
Seemed like de light of day a dawning,
Just 'fore de sun begin to rise.

Close by de margin of de water,
Where de lone weeping willow grows,
Dar lived Virginny's lovely daughter;
Dar she in death may find repose.

Nelly was a lady,
Last night she died,
Toll de bell for lovely Nell,
My dark Virginny bride.

Down in de meadow, 'mong de clover,
Walk with my Nelly by my side;
Now all dem happy days are over,
Farewell, my dark Virginny bride.

Nelly was a lady,
Last night she died,
Toll de bell for lovely Nell,
My dark Virginny bride.

Video & performance Copyright (c) 2016 by Charles E. Szabo

Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, an American songwriter known for "Oh! Susanna", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer".

Charles Szabo is an American singer songwriter and educator who covers old songs to give them new life and performs his originals.

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