Blue-Eyed Nelly

DESCRIPTION: "When the bird is on the bough, retiring, love, to rest, When the sun is gently sinking... I roam then with my Nelly, my own, my lovely bride." The singer blesses their wedding, and the church "where Nelly changed her name."
AUTHOR: Charles Blamphin (sourxe: sheet music published by J. E. Gould)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (Little-Maggie-May-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love marriage nonballad | church
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Little-Maggie-May-Songster, p. 5, "Blue-Eyed Nelly" (1 text)
Velocipede-Songster, p. 32, "Blue-Eyed Nelly" (1 text)
Jim-the-Carter-Lad-Songster, p. 55, "Blue Eyed Nelly" (1 text)
Roud #2665
NOTES [26 words]: Reading this (once I'm done gagging) makes me wonder what Nelly changed her name to. Nitwit? Fluffhead? Not even saccharine is this sickeningly sweet. - RBW
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File: LMMS005

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