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Tune 106 - Nellie the Elephant






A song written in 1956 by Ralph Butler and Peter Hart about the eponymous fictional intelligent elephant.


X:324
T:Nellie The Elephant
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:1/4=140
K:G
Bcd BAG|B2B d2d|e2e gfe|d3 B3|
c2c AAA|ded B3|f3 e3|ded cBA|
Bcd BAG|B2B d2d|e2e gfe|d3 B3|
c2c AAA|ded B3|e2cA2 F|G3 G2||
A|GBd g2 f|g3 d3|e3 d2c|B3-B2B|
A2B cBA|d2e ffg|a2g f2e|ded cBA|
Bcd BAG|B2B d2d|e2e gfe|d3 B3|
c2c AAA|ded B3|e2cA2 F|G3 G3|

Comments

  1. Just trying to learn to play this one. There are a few bars that don't match the tune I remember (I'm singing the words in my head too). Did you add twiddles to it?

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    1. I play it more as a tune than 'the tune for the song' so there are some embellishments :)

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