title: Nellie Was A Ladyharp type: Anygenre: Anyskill: AnyNELLIE WAS A LADY chromBy: Stephen C. FosterKey: G3 3 -1 2 3 3 -3 -4 -3Down on the Mis-sis-sip-pi float-ing,-4 -3 3 2 -2* 3 -3 3Long have I trav-el’d on my way,3 3 -1 2 3 3 -3 -4 -3All night the cot-ton-wood a tot-in’,-4 -3 3 2 -2* 3 -3 3Sing for my true love all the day.Chorus.-1 -1 3 -1 2 3Nel-lie was a la-dy,-3 -3 3 -3Last night she died;-4 -4 -3 3 2 3 3…Toll the bell for lit-tle Nell,-3 -4 3 -3 -3 3My dear Vir-gin-ny bride.Now I’m unhappy, and I’m weeping,Can’t toat the cotton any more;Last night while Nelly was a-sleeping,Death came a-knocking at the door.-Chorus.When I saw my Nelly in the morningSmile till she open up her eyes,Seem’d like the light of day a-dawning.Just before the sun begins to rise.-Chorus.Close by the margin of the water,Where the lone weeping-willow grows,There lived Virginny’s lovely daughter,There she in death may find repose.-Chorus.Down in the meadow among the clover,Walk with my Nelly by my side;Now all those happy days are over-Farewell, my dark Virginny bride!-Chorus.