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BRIGHT-EYED LITTLE NELL OF NARRAGANSETT BAY Sung by: Mrs. W.B. Apple Recorded on 7/20/62 Click here to listen to the original recording My boyhood's happy hours, The cottage and the garden Where blooms the fairest flowers, The bright and sparkling water O'er which we used to play With the bright-eyed laughing little Nell Of Narragansett Bay. Chorus: Toll, toll the bell At early dawn of day For lovely Nell, So quickly passed away. Toll, toll the bell, A soft and mournful lay, For the bright-eyed laughing little Nell From Narragansett Bay. One day from us she wandered, And soon was in a boat. The cord was quickly loosened, And with the tide afloat. The arrow bound it over . . . through the spray, With the bright-eyed laughing little Nell Of Narragansett Bay. (Chorus) Next day her form, all lifeless, Was washed up on the beach. I stood and gazed upon her, Bereft of sense and speech. 'Tis years since last we parted, But here I weep today, For the bright-eyed laughing little Nell Of Narragansett Bay. (Chorus) (Mrs. Apple: "I want to hear that. I think I've got it too high." Dr. Wolf: "Now, where'd you learn that? That sounded good." Mrs. Apple: "Uh, well now, I learned that also at this same age, and I learned it from school friends. A lady by the name of Bess Linebarger used to know a lot of songs, and I think I learned this one from her.") |
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