"Tell Me Ma" (Trad/Arr. GS)From "Gaelic Storm" (1998)All verses and breaks follow thestructure of the opening chorus.Intro: G, followed by verse chords.G Cadd9 GI'll tell me ma when I go home,D7 GThe boys won't leave the girls aloneG Cadd9 GThey pull my hair, they stole my comb,D7 GBut that's all right 'til I go homeG Cadd9She is handsome, she is pretty,G D7She's the belle of Belfast City,G CShe is courtin', a one, two, threeG D7 GPlease won't you tell me who is she?Break over verse chorus chordsNow Albert Mooney says he loves her,An' all the boys are fighting for her.Knocking on the door and they're ringing on the bell,Saying, "Oh my true love, are you well?"Down she comes as white as snowWith rings on her fingers and bells on her toes.Old Johnny Murphy says she'll dieIf she doesn't get the fellow with the roving eyeCHORUS, Break over Verse\chorus chords.Let the wind and the rain and the hail come high,And the snow come shoveling from the sky.She's as nice as apple pie,She'll get her own lad by and by!an' |When she gets a lad of her ownShe won't tell her ma when she comes home.Let them all come as they willIt's Patrick Murphy she loves still!CHORUS, with the "she is..." partrepeated twiceEnding: |G C G| D7 G|
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