To Bombay a travelling circus came They brought an intelligent elephant and Nellie was her name
One dark night she slipped her iron chain, and off she ran to Hindustan and was never seen again
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[Chorus:] Now Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus off she rode with a trumpety trump trump trump trump Now Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trundled off to the jungle off she rode with a trumpety trump trump trump trump
Night by night she danced to the circus band When Nellie was leading the big parade she looked so proud and grand
No more tricks for Nellie to perform They taught her how to take a bow and she took the crowd by storm
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The head of the heard was calling far far away they met one night in silver light on the road to Mandalay