I'll Tell Me Ma [C] - Traditional
|I'll [C] tell me ma when [F] I get [C] home
|The [G7] boys won't leave the [C] girls alone
|They pull my hair and [F] stole my [C] comb
|But [G7] that's alright til [C] I go home
|[C] She is handsome, [F] she is pretty
|[C] She is the Belle of [G7] Belfast city
|[C] She is court n' [F] one [F] two [F] three
|[C] Please won't you [G7] tell me [C] who is she
[C] Albert Mooney [F] says he [C] loves her
[G7] All the boys are [C] fightin' for her
They knock on her door and [F] ring on her [C] bell sayin'
[G7] "Oh my true love [C] are you well?"
[C] Out she comes as [F] white as snow
[C] Rings on her fingers, [G7] bells on her toes
[C] Old Jenny Murphy [F] says she'll die
If she [C] doesn't get the [G7] fella with the [C] rovin' eye
|I'll [C] tell me ma when [F] I get [C] home
|The [G7] boys won't leave the [C] girls alone
|They pull my hair and [F] stole my [C] comb
|But [G7] that's alright til [C] I go home
|[C] She is handsome, [F] she is pretty
|[C] She is the Belle of [G7] Belfast city
|[C] She is court n' [F] one [F] two [F] three
|[C] Please won't you [G7] tell me [C] who is she
Let the [C] wind and the rain and the [F] hail blow [C] high
And the [G7] snow come shovellin' [C] from the sky
[C] She's as sweet as [F] apple [C] pie
And [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
Cos it's [C] Albert[G7] Mooney [C] she loves still
|I'll [C] tell me ma when [F] I get [C] home
|The [G7] boys won't leave the [C] girls alone
|They pull my hair and [F] stole my [C] comb
|But [G7] that's alright til [C] I go home
|[C] She is handsome, [F] she is pretty
|[C] She is the Belle of [G7] Belfast city
|[C] She is court n' [F] one [F] two [F] three
|[C] Please won't you [G7] tell me [C] who is she