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



(Oooooohh)



Nellie the elephant pack her trunk

And said goodbye to the circus

Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump

Now Nellie the elephant packed her trunk

And trundled off to the jungle

Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump



The head of the herd was calling far, far away

They met one night in the silver light

On the road to Mandalay

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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