Nellie Bly - 1864-1922: Newspaper Reporter

Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran in Cochran's Mills, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Used Unusual Methods to Investigate and Write About Illegal Activities in New York City
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2007-08/2007-08-25-voa4.cfm
She is better known by her pen name, "Nellie Bly," which she adapted from the Stephen Foster song, "Nelly Bly."

Nelly Bly

Written by: Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 -- January 13, 1864), known as the "father of American music"

Performer: Robert Shaw Chorale

Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly! Bring the broom along,
We'll sweep the kitchen clean, my dear,
And have a little song.
Poke the wood, my lady love
And make the fire burn,
And while I take the banjo down,
Just give the mush a turn.

cho: Hi, Nelly! Ho Nelly ! Listen, love, to me, I'll sing for you and play for you A dulcet melody.

Nelly Bly has a voice like a turtle dove,
I hear it in the meadow and I hear it in the grove.
Nelly Bly has a heart warnn as a cup of tea,
And bigger than the sweet potatoes down in Tennessee.

Nelly Bly shuts her eye when she goes to sleep.
When she wakens up again her eyeballs start to peep.
The way she walks, she lifts her foot,
And then she bumps it down;
And when it lights, there's music there
In that part of the town.

Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly! Never, never sigh;
Never bring the tear drop to the corner of your eye.
For the pie is nnade of pumpkins
And the mush is nnade of corn,
And there's corn and pumpkins plenty, love,
A-lyin' in the barn.

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[moviemaker534]

HAHAH,i have to talk about this person for my oral exam XDDD. I just gonan take this song with me and play it during my exam XD

[hiroyasu4]

I would perform this song by guiter in my univercity age. This is one of my favorit songs composed by S.Foster. Thank you.

[jahaziel2912]

@yubisakireno awesome! where do go to? just asking lol

[yubisakireno]

@jahaziel2912 me too... D':

[jahaziel2912]

I'm a journalism student and today in class we saw a movie that talks about her life and how she traveled around the world in 72 days... i gotta say this.. im in love =P

[shepsb]

The Robert Shaw Chorale singing with the distinctive Alice Parker arrangement. It is off the Stephen Foster Songbook CD.

[shepsb]

The Robert Shaw Chorale singing with the distinctive Alice Parker arrangement.

[liesl20012]

Very nice tribute! Beautiful performance of the song, too.

[jaaackiie126]

i posted it as a video response

[gracegroup]

please where could i find it?!