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X:1
T:Tell Me Ma
T:The Wind
Z:Webmaster
C:Trad c19
O:England
N:* insert city of choice originally London or Golden now often Belfast
M: 2/4
Q: 1/4=100
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
P:verse
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w:I'll tell me ma, when I get home The boys won't leave the girls a-lone  ----- 
w:Pulled me hair, and stole my comb But that's al-right,  ----- till I go home.
P:chorus
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w:She is hand-some, she is pret-ty She is the belle of Bel-fast ci-ty
dd dB|cc cd/c/|BG/G/ AF|AG G2||
w:She is a-cour-ting one, two, three - Pray, can you tell me who is she?
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W:
W:1
W:I'll tell me ma, when I get home
W:The boys won't leave the girls alone
W:Pulled me hair, and stole my comb
W:But that's alright, till I go home.
W:
W:ch
W:She is handsome, she is pretty
W:She is the belle of Belfast city  
W:She is a-courting one, two, three
W:Pray, can you tell me who is she?
W:
W:2
W:Albert Mooney says he loves her
W:All the boys are fighting for her
W:Knock at the door, they ring at the bell;
W:"Hello, me true love, are you well?"
W:
W:3
W:Out she comes, white as snow
W:Rings on her fingers, bells on her toes
W:Ol' Jenny Murray, she says she'll die
W:If she doesn't get a fella with the rovin' eye
W:
W:4
W:Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high
W:And the snow come traveling through the sky
W:She's as sweet as apple pie
W:She'll get her own lad by and by
W:
W:5
W:When she gets a lad of her own
W:She won't tell her ma when she gets home
W:Let them all come as they will
W:It's Albert Mooney she loves still
W:
W:6
W:Tell me ma when I go home
W:The boys won't leave the girls alone
W:Pull me hair, stole me comb
W:But that's alright till I go home
W:
W:7
W:Albert mooney says he loves her
W:All the boys are fighting for her
W:Knock at the door, they ring at the bell;
W:"Hello, me true love, are you well?"
W:
W:8
W:Out she comes, white as snow
W:Rings on her fingers, bells on her toes
W:Ol' Jenny Murray, she says she'll die
W:If she doesn't get a fella with the rovin' eye
W:
W:9
W:Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high
W:And the snow come traveling through the sky
W:She's as sweet as apple pie
W:She'll get her own lad by and by
W:
W:10
W:When she gets a lad of her own
W:She won't tell her ma when she gets home
W:Let them all come as they will
W:It's Albert Mooney she loves still

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Country of origin: England
Counting song or song associated with children's game. Name - in this case Albert Mooney - name of chosen boy.
This listing shows the often sung' Belfast', but was originally 'London' and could be anywhere, depending upon where it was sung.

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