Nelly Bly
by Stephen Foster
SSA - Sheet Music

Item Number: 19818581
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SKU: PR.392025920

Composed by Stephen Foster. Arranged by David Dusing. Part. With Standard notation. E. Henry David #392-02592. Published by E. Henry David (PR.392025920).

UPC: 680160607389.

This delightful love song alludes, in the first verse, to “bring the broom along;” probably referring to the African-American wedding custom of “jumping the broom.” The singer’s affection for Nelly is shown in the verse, “heart warm as (a) cup of tea; And bigger than the sweet potato down in Tennessee.” Years after it was published it was adopted as a campaign song for Abraham Lincoln.