I'll Tell Me Ma

Text (Chorus ): I'll tell me ma when i go home The boys will not leave the girls alone They pull my hair, They steal my comb But that's all right till I get home She is handsome, she is pretty She is the belle of Belfast city She is courting one, two, three Please, will not you tell me, who is she? Albert Mooney says he loves her All the boys are fighting for her Knock at the door and ring the bell Saying, oh my true love, are you well? Out she comes, white as snow Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes Old Johnny Murray says she'll the If she does not get the fellow with the roving eye

(Refrain )

Let the wind and the rain and the hail go high Snow come tumbling from the sky She's as nice as apple pie She'll get a fellow by and by When she gets a lad of her own She will not tell her ma When She gets home Let them all come as theywill It's Albert Mooney she loves breastfeeding

(Refrain )

I'll Tell Me Ma is a known in English-speaking children's song. In the chorus a girl is described, which comes from Belfast, in some versions also from Dublin or other cities.

The chorus suggests that it rather looks at young children as pranks such as stealing a comb be described as " hair pulling " and. The verses indicate a slightly higher age of the girl, as describes how she likes a certain boy, but this keeps secret from her mother, as this someone imagines others for their daughter.

Origin of melody and lyrics are unknown. It was collected by Alice Bertha Gomme in England and Ireland, 1890-1894.

Recordings

Source

  • Children's song
  • Folk Song
  • Music ( Ireland)
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