爵士狗汪汪叫

諒坐車時，我們有亂買了一張童歌101 nonstop之類的錄音帶在車上放，裡頭一首大象歌挺好聽，大意是一隻大象打包行李，離開馬戲團，回到叢林快活去了之類。原本，我們一直以為是在唱Melody Elephant，就帶著諒亂唱一通。日前，好奇的怡廷決定要找確定的歌詞，結果百尋不獲，看了錄音帶盒上的曲名，才知道原來是Nellie，不是Melody。

是了，英國童書的大象很多都叫做Nellie，諒的床單上的大象也叫Nellie。沒事大象叫Nellie幹嘛，我也不知道。

這一查，才知道原來是有檔頭英國龐克老團Toy Dolls的名曲副歌。Toy Dolls，一九七九年成團於桑德蘭（Sunderland），到二零零五年都還在發片。

Sunderland？那不正是我們這裡坐Metro會到的隔壁大都市，但是足球隊是世仇的那個地方！哇，英國東北龐克團，名曲變童謠，那不然來部落格一下。
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"Nellie The Elephant"

To Bombay a travelling 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

oooooooooooooooooo...

[Chorus:]
Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and said goodbye to the circus
off she rode with a trumpety trump
trump trump trump
Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and trundled off to the jungle
off she rode 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

oooooooooooooooooo...

[Chorus x2]

The head of the heard was calling far far away
they met one night in silver light
on the road to Mandalay

oooooooooooooooooo...

[Chorus x2]