For Nolan's Irish Pub Session Players
I'LL TELL ME MA - THE DUBLINERS
G D G
I'll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won't leave the girls alone,
G D G
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that's all right till I go home.
G C G D
She is handsome, she is pretty she's the Belle of Belfast city,
G C G D G
She is a courtin' a one two three, Please won't you tell me who is she?
G D G
Albert Mooney says he loves her, all the boys are fightin' for her,
G D G
Knock at the door, ring at the bell, and "Oh, me true love, are you well?"
G C G D
Out she comes, white as snow, rings on her fingers, bells on her toes
G C G D G
Old Johny Morrissey says she'll die, if she doesn't get a fella with the roving eye.
G D G
I'll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won't leave the girls alone,
G D G
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that's all right till I go home.
G C G D
She is handsome, she is pretty she's the Belle of Belfast city,
G C G D G
She is a courtin' a one two three, Please won't you tell me who is she?
[instrumental]
G G D G
G G D G
G C G D
G C G D G
G D G
Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high, and the snow comes a travelin' through the sky,
G D G
She's as sweet as an apple pie, she'll get her own lad by and by,
G C G D
When she gets a lad of her own, she won't tell her ma when she gets home.
G C G D G
Let them all come as they will, It's Albert Mooney she loves still.
G D G
I'll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won't leave the girls alone,
G D G
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that's all right till I go home.
G C G D
She is handsome, she is pretty she's the Belle of Belfast city,
G C G D G
She is a courtin' a one two three, Please won't you tell me who is she?
G D G
Albert Mooney says he loves her, all the boys are fightin' for her,
G D G
Knock at the door, ring at the bell, and "Oh, me true love, are you well?"
G C G D
Out she comes, white as snow, rings on her fingers, bells on her toes
G C G D G
Old Johny Morrissey says she'll die, if she doesn't get a fella with the roving eye.
G D G
I'll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won't leave the girls alone,
G D G
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that's all right till I go home.
G C G D
She is handsome, she is pretty she's the Belle of Belfast city,
G C G D G
She is a courtin' a one two three, Please won't you tell me who is she?
[instrumental]
G G D G
G G D G
G C G D
G C G-D-G
