Lyrics - Hang On The Bell by Connor T

Hang
On
The
Bell (
T.
Connor,
C.
Erard,
R.
Parker)
The scene was in the jailhouse, and if curfew rang that night
The guy in number 13 cell would go out like a light.
She knew her
Dad was innocent, and so
Poor
Little
Nell
Has tied her tender torso to the clapper of the bell.cho:
Oh, hang on the bell,
Nelly, hang on the bell
Your poor
Daddy's locked in a cold prison cell.
As you swing to the left, and you swing to the right
Remember that curfew must never ring tonight.
It all began when
Nelly said, "
No!
No!" to
Handsome
Jack
And struggled as he tried to kiss her by the railroad track;
Her
Dad rushed up to save her as the train came down the line,
And
Jack fell back across the track and paid the price of crime.
Dear
Daddy was arrested, and brought up before the
Law,
The
P'liceman said,"
Old
Handsome
Jack ain't handsome any more!"
Then
Nelly came and pleaded, but the jury did not care ---
They didn't have a sofa, so they offered him the chair.
Well, they pulled upon the bellrope, but there was no ting-a-ling
They could not get their business done, the curfew would not ring!
Upstairs, poor
Nell was swinging, while below they pulled and heaved,
When suddenly a voice cried "
Stop!
Your father's been reprieved!"
Now, that's the bedtime story that the wardens love to tell
The convicts listen to this tale of
Plucky
Little
Nell,
And how she saved her
Dad that night --- the curfew did not ring!
And tears run down their faces, while in harmony they sing:
Note:
Recorded by
Beatrice
Kay , late 30's or early 40's; by
Ray
Boguslavin late 50's and by
Chad
Mitchell
Trio in 60's.
Joe
Hickersonsings this to a much less jazzy tune (source?)
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