Tell Me Ma (Maggie) [C]
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|Chorus:
|I'll [C] tell me ma when[F] I go [C] home
|The [G7] boys won't leave the [C] girls alone
|They [C] pulled me hair, they [F] stole my [C] comb
|But [G7] that's all right till [C] I go home
|[C] She is handsome [F] she is pretty
|[C] She is the Belle of [G7] Belfast city
|[C] She is a-courtin' [F] one two three
|[C] Please won't you [G7] tell me [C] who is she
Verse 1:
[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
Saying [G7 ]oh my true love [C] are you well
[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 [F] she’ll die
If she [C] doesn't get the [G7] fella with the [C] roving eye
|Chorus:
|I'll [C] tell me ma when[F] I go [C] home
|The [G7] boys won't leave the [C] girls alone
|They [C] pulled me hair, they [F] stole my [C] comb
|But [G7] that's all right till [C] I go home
|[C] She is handsome [F] she is pretty
|[C] She is the Belle of [G7] Belfast city
|[C] She is a-courtin' [F*] ONE [F*] TWO [F*] THREE
|[C] Please won't you [G7] tell me [C] who is she
Verse 2:
Let the [C] wind and the rain and the [F] hail blow [C] high
And the [G7] snow come travellin' [C] from 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
For it's [C] Albert [G7] Mooney [C] she loves still
|Chorus:
| I'll [C] tell me ma when [F] I go [C] home
| The [G7] boys won't leave the [C] girls alone
| They [C] pulled me hair, they [F] stole my [C]comb
| But [G7] that's all right till [C] I go home
|[C] She is handsome [F] she is pretty
|[C]She is the Belle of [G7] Belfast city
|[C] She is a-courtin' [F*] ONE [F*] TWO [F*] THREE
|[C] Please won't you [G7] tell me [C] who is she
[REPEAT CHORUS FASTER]
|[slow up on last line]