{t:I’ll Tell Me Ma}
{st:Traditional}


{c: NOTE: arrangement varies depending on who leads the song}


{soc}
I'll [D]tell me ma when [G]I get [D]home
The [A]boys won't leave the [D]girls alone
They [D]pulled my hair and they [G]stole my [D]comb
But [A]that's alright till [D]I get home
[D]She is handsome, [G]she is pretty
[D]She is the belle of [A]Belfast city
[D]She is courtin' - [G]one, two, three
[D]Please won't you [A]tell me [D]who is she?
{eoc}


Now [D]Albert Mooney [G]says he [D]loves her
[A]All the boys are [D]fightin' for her
They [D]rap on her door and they [G]ring on the [D]bell
Saying, "[A]Oh my true love, [D]are you well?"
[D]Out she comes as [G]white as snow
[D]Rings on her fingers and [A]bells on her toes
[D]Old Jenny Murray [G]says she’ll die
If she [D]doesn't get the [A]fella with the [D]roving eye


[A]one,   [A]two,   [A]three,   [A]four

{soc}
I'll [D]tell me ma when [G]I get [D]home
The [A]boys won't leave the [D]girls alone
They [D]pulled my hair and they [G]stole my [D]comb
But [A]that's alright till [D]I get home
[D]She is handsome, [G]she is pretty
[D]She is the belle of [A]Belfast city
[D]She is courtin' - [G]one, two, three
[D]Please won't you [A]tell me [D]who is she?
{eoc}


Let the [D]wind and the rain and the [G]hail blow [D]high
And the [A]snow come shovellin' [D]from the sky
[D]She's as sweet as [G]apple [D]pie
And [A]she'll get her own lad [D]by and by
[D]When she gets a [G]lad of her own
She [D]won't tell her ma when [A]she gets home
[D]Let them all come [G]as they will
It's [D]Albert [A]Mooney [D]she loves still


[A]one,   [A]two,   [A]three,   [A]four

{soc}
I'll [D]tell me ma when [G]I get [D]home
The [A]boys won't leave the [D]girls alone
They [D]pulled my hair and they [G]stole my [D]comb
But [A]that's alright till [D]I get home
[D]She is handsome, [G]she is pretty
[D]She is the belle of [A]Belfast city
[D]She is courtin' - [G]one, two, three
[D]Please won't you [A]tell me [D]who is she?
{eoc}


[instrumental]


{soc}
I'll [D]tell me ma when [G]I get [D]home
The [A]boys won't leave the [D]girls alone
They [D]pulled my hair and they [G]stole my [D]comb
But [A]that's alright till [D]I get home
[D]She is handsome, [G]she is pretty
[D]She is the belle of [A]Belfast city
[D]She is courtin' - [G]one, two, three
[D]Please won't you [A]tell me [D]who is she?
{eoc}