Tell Me Ma (GP-810)

Tell Me Ma (GP-810) Dieter Goergner

OPENER
CIRCLE LEFT
TELL ME MA WHEN I GO HOME
THE BOYS WON'T LEAVE THE GIRLS ALONE
THEY PULL MY HAIR, THEY STOLE MY COMB
BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT TILL I GO HOME
ALLEMANDE LEFT THAT CORNER GIRL,
TURN THE PARTNER RIGHT YOU WHIRL
ALLEMANDE LEFT THAT CORNER GIRL, WEAVE AROUND THE RING
I’LL TELL ME MA WHEN I GO HOME
THE BOYS WON'T LEAVE THE GIRLS ALONE
SWING AND WHIRL THE PRETTY ‘OL GIRL
PROMENADE THAT LADY HOME
SHE IS HANDSOME, SHE IS PRETTY
SHE IS THE BELLE OF BELFAST CITY
SHE IS A-COURTING ONE TWO THREE
PRAY, WOULD YOU TELL ME WHO IS SHE

FIGURE:
HEADS (SIDES) SQUARE THRU IN THE MIDDLE AND YOU GET 4 HANDS AROUND
ALL THE WAY AND A RIGHT AND LEFT THRU AND ‘A TURN THE ONE YOU FOUND
VEER TO THE LEFT AND COUPLES CIRCULATE ONE TIME AN THEN
CHAIN DOWN THE LINE AND TURN THAT LADY:
HALF SASHAY - STAR THRU – TRADE BY – THE CORNER LADY SWING
TAKE HER BY THE HAND AND PROMENADE YOU GO WALKING ROUND THAT RING
SHE IS HANDSOME, SHE IS PRETTY
SHE IS THE BELLE OF BELFAST CITY
SHE IS A-COURTING ONE TWO THREE
PRAY, WOULD YOU TELL ME WHO IS SHE

BREAK
SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE
    INSTRUMENTAL
ALLEMANDE AND WEAVE
TELL ME MA WHEN I GO HOME
THE BOYS WON'T LEAVE THE GIRLS ALONE
SWING AND WHIRL THE PRETTY ‘OL GIRL
PROMENADE THAT LADY HOME
SHE IS HANDSOME, SHE IS PRETTY
SHE IS THE BELLE OF BELFAST CITY
SHE IS A-COURTING ONE TWO THREE
PRAY, WOULD YOU TELL ME WHO IS SHE

CLOSER
ALL 4 LADIES CHAIN TURN THE GIRL AROUND
CHAIN THE LADY RIGHT BACK HOME
STRAIGHT ACROSS THAT TOWN
JOIN HANDS CIRCLE TO THE LEFT
GO WALKING AROUND THAT SET
ALLEMANDE LEFT THAT CORNER GIRL, WEAVE AROUND THE RING
I’LL TELL ME MA WHEN I GO HOME
THE BOYS WON'T LEAVE THE GIRLS ALONE
SWING AND WHIRL THE PRETTY ‘OL GIRL
PROMENADE THAT LADY HOME
SHE IS HANDSOME, SHE IS PRETTY
SHE IS THE BELLE OF BELFAST CITY
SHE IS A-COURTING ONE TWO THREE
…

TAG:
EVERYBODY CIRCLE LEFT
…
SHE IS A-COURTING ONE TWO THREE
PRAY, WOULD YOU TELL ME WHO IS SHE

Original Lyrics
Original Artist:    Shamrock
Original Album    A song for Ireland
Composer/Writer:     traditional

(Chorus)
Tell me ma when I go home
The boys won't leave the girls alone
They pull my hair, they stole my comb
But that's all right till I go home
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the belle of Belfast city
She is a-courting one two three
Pray, would you tell me who is she

(Chorus)

Albert Mooney says he loves her
All the boys are fighting for her
Knock at the door and they ring that bell
Oh my true love, are you well
Out she comes as white as snow
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
Old Jenny Murray says she will die
If she doesn't get the fella with the roving eye

(Chorus)

Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high
And the snow come a-tumbling from the sky
She's as nice as apple pie
And she'll get her own lad by and by
When she gets a lad of her own
She won't tell her ma till she comes home
Let them all come as they will
For it's Albert Mooney she loves still

(Chorus)

Ah spring on

Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high
And the snow come a-tumbling from the sky
She's as nice as apple pie
And she'll get her own lad by and by
When she gets a lad of her own
She won't tell her ma till she comes home
Let them all come as they will
For it's Albert Mooney she loves still

(Chorus x3)

Would you tell me, would you tell me
Would you tell me who is she
Would you tell me, would you tell me
Would you tell me who is she
Would you tell me, would you tell me
Would you tell me who is she
Would you tell me, would you tell me