{t:Tell Me Ma}
{st:children's song}
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
I'll [C]tell me ma when [F]I get [C]home
The [G7]boys won't leave the [C]girls alone
They pulled me hair and they [F]stole me [C]comb
But [G7]that's all right till [C]I go home
[C]↓She is handsome [F]↓she is pretty
[C]↓She’s the Belle of [G7]↓Belfast city
[C]She is courtin' [F]one two three
[C]Please won't you [G7]tell me [C]who is she [C]
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[C]Albert Mooney [F]says he [C]loves her
[G7]All the boys are [C]fightin' for her
They [C]rap on her door and [F]ring on the [C]bell
[G7]Will she come out [C]who can tell
[C]Out she comes as [F]white as snow
[C]Rings on her fingers and [G7]bells on her toes
[C]Old Jenny Murray says that [F]she will die
If she [C]doesn't get the [G7]fella with the [C]roving eye
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
I'll [C]tell me ma when [F]I get [C]home
The [G7]boys won't leave the [C]girls alone
They pulled me hair and they [F]stole me [C]comb
But [G7]that's all right till [C]I go home
[C]↓She is handsome [F]↓she is pretty
[C]↓She’s the Belle of [G7]↓Belfast city
[C]She is courtin' [F]one two three
[C]Please won't you [G7]tell me [C]who is she [C]
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Let the [C]wind and the rain and the [F]hail blow [C]high
And the [G7]snow come travellin' [C]through the sky
[C]She's as nice as [F]apple [C]pie
[G7]She'll get her own lad [C]by and by
[C]When she gets a [F]lad of her own
She [C]won't tell her ma when [G7]she gets home
[C]Let them all come [F]as they will
It's [C]Albert [G7]Mooney [C]she loves still
{c:Final CHORUS:}
{soc}
I'll [C]tell me ma when [F]I get [C]home
The [G7]boys won't leave the [C]girls alone
They pulled me hair and they [F]stole me [C]comb
But [G7]that's all right till [C]↓I go home
{eoc}
*{c:no ukes, just singing and clapping}
{soc}
She is handsome, she is pretty
She’s the Belle of Belfast city
She is courtin' one two three
Please won't you tell me who is she
{eoc}
{t:Tell Me Ma}
