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

they broke my comb

but thats alright

til i get home

she is handsome she is pretty

she is the bell of belfast city

she is marching one, two, three

please can you tell me who is she

albert mooney says he loves her

all the boys are fighting for her

they knock at the door

and they ring at the bell saying

"oh, my true love are you well"

out she comes as white as snow

with rings on her fingers

and bells on her toes

ol' jenny murray says she'll die

if she doesn't a man with a roven eye

let the wind and the rain and the breeze blow high

and the snow come falling from the sky

jenny murray says she'll die

if she doesn't get a man with a roven eye

one young man is fighting for her

all the rest they swear they'll have her

let them all say as they will

albert mooney loves her still

i'll tell me ma

when i get home

the boys won't leave

the girls alone

they pulled my hair

they broke my comb

but thats alright

til i get home