Nelly The Elephant

Toy Dolls

To Bombay
A travelling circus came
They brought an intelegent elephant
and Nellie was her name

One dark night
she slipt her iron chain, and of she ran
to Hindustan and was never seen again

oooooooooooooooooo...
Nellie the elephant pack her trunk and
said goodbye to the circus
of she road with a trumety trump
trump trump trump

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and trumbled of to the jungle
of she road with a thrumety 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 performe
They taught her how to take a bow and she tooked
to crowd by storm

oooooooooooooooooo...
Nellie the elephant pack her trunk and
said goodbye to the circus
of she road with a trumety trump
trump trump trump

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and trumbled of to the jungle
of she road with a thrumety trump
trump trump trump

The head of the heard was calling far far away
they meet one night in silver light
on the road to Mandaley

oooooooooooooooooo...
Nellie the elephant pack her trunk and
said goodbye to the circus
of she road with a trumety trump
trump trump trump

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and trumbled of to the jungle
of she road with a thrumety trump
trump trump trump


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    I love this song. It's great when you want to get drunk.
    Beatsteakon January 02, 2005   Link
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    AGREED!
    thisisnotmynameon March 26, 2005   Link
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    I think this song is fabulous, but whenever I try to tell somebody about it they say its not a real song, but clearly..its a real song. And...I agree Beatsteak, great one.
    LadySkellingtonon April 07, 2005   Link
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    don't ya just fucking love Toy Dolls!! I do...
    crazycasualtyon July 13, 2005   Link
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    Man these guys rock! They were literally the first punk band I ever heard.. I was 7 at the time and in Scotland so they were pretty big...So glad to rediscover them.. Also any fans should check out Poltergeist in the Pantry and My Wife's a Psycopath
    PunKinDrubliCon September 08, 2005   Link
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    I love "...psychopath" havent hears Poltergeist in the pantry though. KK im on a hunt now :P
    crazycasualtyon February 15, 2006   Link
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    this is a good song
    jokerinthepack59on July 06, 2006   Link
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    What I like about this song is that Nellie is leaving a circus and returning to her proper habitat. Good to hear.
    carey11021on October 11, 2017   Link

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