Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Hey Nelly Nelly, artist - Judy Collins. Album song Judy Collins #3, in the genre Date of issue: 03.10.2010
Record label: Elektra, Rhino Entertainment Group
Song language: English
Hey Nelly Nelly |
| Hey Nelly Nelly, come to the window |
| Hey Nelly Nelly look at what I see |
| He’s riding into town on a sway back mule |
| Got a tall black hat and he looks like a fool |
| He sure is talkin' like he’s been to school |
| And it’s 1853 |
| Hey Nelly Nelly, listen what he’s sayin' |
| Hey Nelly Nelly, he says it’s gettin' late |
| And he says them black folks should all be free |
| To walk around the same as you and me He’s talkin' 'bout a thing he calls democracy |
| And it’s 1858 |
| Hey Nelly Nelly hear the band a playing |
| Hey Nelly Nelly, hand me down my gun |
| «Cause the men are cheerin' and the boys are too |
| They’re all puttin' on their coats of blue |
| I can’t sit around here and talk to you |
| «Cause it’s 1861 |
| Hey Nelly Nelly, Come to the window |
| Hey Nelly Nelly, I’ve come back alive |
| My coat of blue is stained with red |
| And the man in the tall black hat is dead |
| We sure will remember all the things he said |
| In 1865 |
| Hey Nelly Nelly, come to the window |
| Hey Nelly Nelly, look at what I see |
| I see white folks and colored walkin' side by side |
| They’re walkin' in a column that’s a century wide |
| It’s still a long and a hard and a bloody ride |
| In 1963 |