[Verse 1]
Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly!
Bring de broom along
We’ll sweep de kitchen clean, my dear
And hab a little song
Poke de wood, my lady lub
And make de fire burn
And while I take de banjo down
Just gib de mush a turn

[Chorus]
Heigh! Nelly, Ho! Nelly
Listen lub to me
I’ll sing for you, play for you
A dulcem melody

[Verse 2]
Nelly Bly hab a voice
Like de turtle dove
I hears it in de meadow
And I hears it in de grove
Nelly Bly hab a heart
Warm as cup of tea
And bigger dan de sweet potato
Down in Tennessee
[Chorus]
Heigh! Nelly, Ho! Nelly
Listen lub to me
I’ll sing for you, play for you
A dulcem melody

[Verse 3]
Nelly Bly shuts her eye
When she goes to sleep
When she wakens up again
Her eyeballs gin to peep
De way she walks, she lifts her foot
And den she brings it down
And when it lights der’s music dah
In dat part of de town

[Chorus]
Heigh! Nelly, Ho! Nelly
Listen lub to me
I’ll sing for you, play for you
A dulcem melody

[Verse 4]
Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly!
Nebber, nebber sigh
Nebber bring de teardrop to
De corner ob your eye
For de pie is made ob punkins
And de mush is made ob corn
And der’s corn and punkins plenty lub
A lyin in de barn
[Chorus]
Heigh! Nelly, Ho! Nelly
Listen lub to me
I’ll sing for you, play for you
A dulcem melody