Henry's Songbook

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I'll Tell Me Ma

(Trad)

1. I'll tell my ma when I get home
   The boys won't leave the girls alone
   Pulled my hair, stole my comb
   But that's all right till I go home
   She is handsome, she is pretty
   She is the belle of Dublin city
   She is a-courtin' one two three
   Pray can you tell me who is he

   Albert Mooney says he loves her
   All the boys are fightin' for her
   Knock at the door, ring at the bell
   Sayin', Oh my true love, are you well
   Out she comes white as snow
   Rings on her fingers, bells on her toes
   Old Johnny Morrissey says she'll die
   If she doesn't get the fella with the roving eye

   Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high
   And the snow come travelling through the sky
   She's as sweet as apple pie
   She'll get her own lad by and by
   When she gets a lad of her own
   She won't tell her ma when she gets home
   Let them all come as they will
   It's Albert Mooney she loves still

   (repeat according to mood)

   (as sung by The Dubliners)

Quelle: Dubliners Songtexte
Text: trad. Weise: trad. As sung by Henry / Schlagsaite

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