Tell Me Ma [G]
The Dubliners
Intro: [G] [G] [D7] [G]
I’ll [G]Tell me Ma... when I go home
The [D7]boys won’t leave... the [G]girls alone
They pulled my hair... they stole my comb
But [D7]that’s alright... till [G]I go home
She is handsome [C]she is pretty
[G]She is the belle of [D7]Belfast city
[G]She is a-courting [C]one, two, three
[G]Please won’t you [D]tell me [G]who is she?
[G]Albert Mooney says he loves her
[D7]All the boys are [G]fighting for her
They rap at the door and ring the bell
Saying [D7]oh my true love [G]are you well?
Out she comes as [C]white as snow
[G]Rings on her fingers and [D7]bells on her toes
[G]Jenny Murray [C]says she’ll die
If she [G]doesn’t get the [D]fella with the [G]roving eye
I’ll [G]Tell me Ma... when I go home
The [D7]boys won’t leave... the [G]girls alone
They pulled my hair... they stole my comb
But [D7]that’s alright till [G]I go home
She is handsome [C]she is pretty
[G]She is the belle of [D7]Belfast city
[G]She is a-courting [C]one, two, three
[G]Please won’t you [D]tell me [G]who is she?
Let the [G]wind and the rain and the hail blow high
And the [D7]snow come tumbling [G]from the sky
She’s as nice as apple pie
And [D7]she’ll get her own lad [G]by and by
When she gets a [C]lad of her own
She [G]won’t tell her Ma till [D7]she goes home
But [G]let them all come [C]as they will
It’s [G]Albert [D]Mooney [G]she loves still
I’ll [G]Tell me Ma... when I go home
The [D7]boys won’t leave... the [G]girls alone
They pulled my hair... they stole my comb
But [D7]that’s alright till [G]I go home
She is handsome [C]she is pretty
[G]She is the belle of [D7]Belfast city
[G]She is a-courting [C]one, two, three
[G]Please won’t you [D]tell me [G]who is she?