to bombay a traveling circus came they brought an intelligent elephant and nellie was her name one dark night she slipped her iron chain and off she ran to hindustan and was never seen again nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus off she went with a trumpety-trump trump trump trump nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trundled back to the jungle off she went with a trumpety-trump trump trump trump night by night she danced to the circus band when nellie was leading the big parade she looked so proud and grand no more tricks for nellie to perform they taught her how to take a bow and she took the crowd by storm the head of the herd was calling far far away they met one night in the silver light on the road to mandalay so nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus off she went with a trumpety-trum trump trump trump nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus off she went with a trumpety-trump trump trump trump nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trundled back to the jungle off she went with a trumpety-trump trump trump trump