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Fun fact: “I'll Tell Me Ma” is a well-known children’s song sung in various parts of the British Isles. In Ireland the chorus can refer to Dublin city or Belfast city. Other versions refer to the Golden city of London city.
intro
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chorus
G C G
I’ll  tell  me Ma when  I  go  home, 
D7 G
The  boys  won’t leave the  girls  alone. 
G C G
They  pull ed me hair, they  stole  me  comb, 
D7 G
But  that ’s alright ’till  I  go home. 
G C
She  is handsome,  she  is pretty. 
G D7
She  is the Belle of  Dubl in City. 
G C
She  is a courtin’ a  one,  two, three. 
G D7 G
Pray  won’t you  tell  me,  who  is she?
1.
G C G
Albe rt Mooney sa y’s  he  loves  her. 
D7 G
All  the boy’s are  figh ting for her. 
G C G
Knock  at the door and they  ring  at the  bell 
D7 G
Singin’ “ Oh  me true love,  are  you well?” 
G C
Out  she comes as  white  as snow, 
G D7
Rings  on her fingers,  bells  on her toes. 
G C
Ole  Jenny Murray  says  she’ll die 
G D7 G
If she  does n’t get the  fell a with the  roving  eye.
chorus
instrumental
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2.
G C G
Let the  wind  and the rain and  hail  blow  high 
D7 G
And the  snow  come travelin’  through  the sky, 
G G
She ’s as sweet as  app le pie. 
D7 G
She ’ll get her own lad  by  and by.
G C
When  she gets a  lad  of her own, 
G D7
She  won’t  tell her Ma when  she  gets home. 
G C
Let  them all come  as  they will 
G D7 G
For it’s  Albe rt  Moon ey  she  loves still. 
3.
chorus+ verse 1+ chorus+ instrumental