Hey Nelly Nelly, come to the window br Hey Nelly Nelly look at what I see br He's riding into town on a sway back mule br Got a tall black hat and he looks like a fool br He sure is talkin' like he's been to school br And it's 1853 br br Hey Nelly Nelly, listen what he's sayin' br Hey Nelly Nelly, he says it's gettin' late br And he says them black folks should all be free br To walk around the same as you and me br He's talkin' 'bout a thing he calls democracy br And it's 1858 br br Hey Nelly Nelly hear the band a playing br Hey Nelly Nelly, hand me down my gun br 'Cause the men are cheerin' and the boys are too br br They're all puttin' on their coats of blue br I can't sit around here and talk to you br 'Cause it's 1861 br br Hey Nelly Nelly, Come to the window br Hey Nelly Nelly, I've come back alive br My coat of blue is stained with red br And the man in the tall black hat is dead br We sure will remember all the things he said br In 1865 br br Hey Nelly Nelly, come to the window br Hey Nelly Nelly, look at what I see br I see white folks and colored walkin' side by side br They're walkin' in a column that's a century wide br It's still a long and a hard and a bloody ride br In 1963br br Sheldon Allan Silversteinbr br