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To Bombay a travelling circus came,
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they brought an intelligent elephant and Nellie was her name.
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One dark night she slipped her iron chain
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and off she ran to Hindustan and was never seen again
Ooooooooooooooooh
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Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said good-bye to the circus
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Off she went with a trumpety-trump, TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!
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Now Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trumbled back to the jungle
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Off she went with a trumpety-trump. TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!
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Night by night, she danced to the circus band,
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when Nellie was leading the big parade she looked so proud and grand
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No more tricks for Nellie to perform
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they taught her how to take a bow and she took the crowd by storm
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhh
E A E
Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said good-bye to the circus
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Off she went with a trumpety-trump, TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!
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Now Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trumbled back to the jungle
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Off she went with a trumpety-trump. TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!
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The head of the herd was calling far, far away
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they met one night in the silver light on the road to Mandalay
Ooooooooooooooooh
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Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said good-bye to the circus
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Off she went with a trumpety-trump, TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!
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Now Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trumbled back to the jungle
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Off she went with a trumpety-trump.
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