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I'll Tell My Ma
"I'll Tell My Ma" lyrics and music traditional
Performed by Marc Gunn
From St Patrick’s Day Songs for Kids
I'll tell my ma when
I get home,
The boys won't leave the girls alone
They pull my hair and stole my comb
But that's all right till I go home
She is handsome, she is pretty,
She is the Belle of Belfast city
She is a courtin' one, two, three,
Please won't you tell me who is she
Albert Mooney says
he loves her,
All the boys are fightin' for her
Knock at the door and ring at the bell,
Saying oh my true love, are you well
Out she comes as white
as snow,
Rrings on her fingers, bells on her toes
Ould Johnny Morrissey says she'll die
If she doesn't get the fella with the roving eye
Let the wind and the
rain and the hail blow high
And the snow come travellin' through the sky
She's as sweet as apple pie,
She'll get her own lad by and by
When she gets a lad
of her own
She won't tell her ma when she gets home
Let them all come as they will
For it's Albert Mooney she loves still
Chords: Key D
[D]I'll tell my ma when
I get home,
The [A7]boys won't leave the [D]girls alone
They pull my hair and stole my comb
But [A7]that's all right till [D]I go home
She is handsome,
[G]she is pretty,
[D]She is the Belle of [A7]Belfast city
[D]She is a courtin' [G]one, two, three,
[D]Please won't you [A7]tell me [D]who is she
Background
A Belfast children's song.
I'll Tell My Ma Videos
I'll Tell My Ma + Cat Parody from Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers
from kids CD
Marc Gunn family video
On St Patrick's Day Pub Songs concert
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