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I'll Tell Me Ma. CHORUS. I'll tell me ma when I come home. the boys won't leave the girls alone. they pull me hair and stole my comb. well that's alright till I come home. She is handsome she is pretty. she's the belle of Belfast city. she's a courtin' one two three (3 claps)
Find the lyrics of the Irish folk song I'll Tell Me Ma, performed by The Dubliners. The song tells the story of a girl who is courted by many suitors and promises to tell her mother when she gets home.
Dec 24, 2010 · Sham Rock-Tell Me Ma (with lyrics) A song by an Irish band called Sham rock, with lyrics :D Would just like to say guys, I was 14 when I made this video, and only liked the song as we...
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- Belle of Belfast … Or Is It Dublin … Or Even London
- Dublin Performers Stake A Claim
- Classic Folk Songs Move from City to City
- English Versions and The Belle of The Golden City
- The Children’s Game That Went with The Song
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The consensus tends to disappear when it comes to determining where the song comes from. Most popular versions cite Belfast but that may be as much to do with the fact that the phrase “Belle of Belfast” has an attractive sound to it. There’s no doubt the song was sung in Belfast for well over a century, probably longer. But is that where it origina...
Serbian folk group The Orthodox Celts sing “she is the belle of Belgrade City” – but maybe that’s going too far! Most Irish cities have versions of the song and the lyric is often changed to suit. Dublin performers are perhaps the most assertive in this respect. It’s noticeable that both The Dubliners and The Young Dubliners sing Belle of Dublin Ci...
Such civic pride is understandable but in a way it is missing the point. Folk songs by their very nature, especially ones as good as I’ll Tell Me Ma, move from city to city and get modified along the way to suit local needs. A hundred years later, it is impossible to say where it originally came from and everywhere can stake a claim.
The book, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Walesby Alice B Gomme published in 1984, shows there were versions of a similar song throughout the UK in the 19th century, although it usually went under the name of The Wind. Again, the name of the town tended to change to suit the location in question, but there was also a version in which...
Gomme’s book was primarily concerned with children’s games. In some areas, the game that accompanied The Wind, or I’ll Tell Me Ma, involved children standing in a circle while they sang the song. At the start of the game there would be a girl in the centre of the circle. When the chorus got to the line asking about who is being courted, the girl gi...
Learn the lyrics and chords of I’ll Tell Me Ma, a popular children’s skipping song with various city names. Find out the history and variations of this folk masterpiece across Ireland, England and Serbia.
I'll Tell Me Ma" (also called "The Wind") is a traditional children's song. It was collected in various parts of the United Kingdom in the 19th century and again appears in collections from shortly after the turn of the 20th century.
I'll Tell Me Ma Lyrics: Tell me Ma when I go home / The boys won't leave the girls alone / They pull my hair, they stole my comb / That's alright till I go home / She is handsome, she...
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