Hey Nelly Nelly
(专辑: The Judy Collins Concert - 1964)
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 He's got a
tall black hat and he looks like a
fool He sure is talking like he's been to school, and it's 1853 Hey Nelly, Nelly, listen what he's saying Hey Nelly, Nelly, he says it's getting late And he says them black folks should be free To walk around the
same as you and me He's talking about 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 For the
men are cheering and the
boys are too They're all putting on their coats of blue I
can't sit around here and talk to you, and it's 1861 Hey Nelly, Nelly, come to the
window Hey Nelly, Nelly, I've come home alive My coat of blue is stained with red And the
man in the
tall black hat is dead But 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 walking side by side Thy're walking in a
column that's a
century wide It was a
long and a
hard and a
bloody ride, in 1963