Tell Me Ma

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Key: D (D harp in 1st position)

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I'll tell me ma when I go home

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The boys won't lea-ve the girls alone

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They pull my hair, they stole me comb

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But that's alright whe-n I go home

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She is handsome, she is pretty

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She is the belle of Belfast City

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She is courting – one, two, three

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Please won't you tell me who is she