I'll Tell Me Ma - Rose & Thistle

I'll Tell Me Ma Lyrics

I'll tell me ma when I go home
The boys won't leave the girls alone
They pulled my hair and they stole my comb
Well, that's alright 'til I go home
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the belle of Belfast city
She is a courtin' a one, two, three
Please, won't you tell me
Who is she?
I'll tell me ma when I go home
The boys won't leave the girls alone
They pulled my hair and they stole my comb
Well, that's alright 'til I go home
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the belle of Belfast city

She is a courtin' a one, two, three
Please, won't you tell me
Who is she?
Albert Mooney says he loves her
And all the boys are fighting for her
Knockin' on the door, and ringin' on the bell
Sayin', "Oh my true love, are you well?"
Out she comes as white as snow
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
Ol' Jenny Murray says she'll die
If she doesn't get the fellow with the roving eye
I'll tell me ma when I go home
The boys won't leave the girls alone
They pulled my hair and they stole my comb
Well, that's alright 'til I go home
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the belle of Belfast city
She is a courtin' a one, two, three
Please, won't you tell me
Who is she?
Let the wind and the rain and the haill blow high
And the snow come tumblin' from the sky
She's as nice as apple pie
She'll get her own lad by and by
When she gets a lot of her own
She won't tell her ma when she gets home
Let them all come as they will
For it's Michael Quinlan I love still!
I'll tell me ma
I'll tell me ma when I go home
The boys won't leave the girls alone
They pulled my hair and they stole my comb
Well, that's alright 'til I go home
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the belle of Belfast city
She is a courtin' a one, two, three
Please, won't you tell me
Who is she?
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Lyrics submitted by Jessica Lane.