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[00:03.15] Tell me, ma, when I go home
[00:04.82] The boys won't leave the girls alone
[00:06.73] They pull my hair, they stole my comb
[00:08.62] Well, that's alright, 'til I go home
[00:10.47] She is handsome, she is pretty
[00:12.49] She is the belle of Belfast City
[00:14.39] She is a-courting one, two, three
[00:16.29] Pray, won't you tell me who is she?
[00:17.82] Tell me, ma, when I go home
[00:20.03] The boys won't leave the girls alone
[00:21.98] They pull my hair, they stole my comb
[00:23.85] Well, that's alright, 'til I go home
[00:25.54] She is handsome, she is pretty
[00:27.60] She is the belle of Belfast City
[00:29.49] She is a-courting one, two, three
[00:31.32] Pray, won't you tell me who is she?
[00:33.38] Albert Mooney says he loves her
[00:35.25] All the boys are fighting for her
[00:37.12] Knock at the door and they ring that bell
[00:39.01] Oh, my true love, are you well?
[00:40.82] Out she comes, as white as snow
[00:42.89] Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
[00:44.67] Old Johnny Murray says, "She will die
[00:46.35] If she doesn't get the fella with the roving eye"
[00:48.44] Tell me, ma, when I go home
[00:50.21] The boys won't leave the girls alone
[00:52.15] They pull my hair, they stole my comb
[00:54.00] Well, that's alright, 'til I go home
[00:55.88] She is handsome, she is pretty
[00:57.86] She is the belle of Belfast City
[00:59.78] She is a-courting one, two, three
[01:01.64] Pray, won't you tell me who is she?
[01:03.28] (Whoo, oh)
[01:03.32] (Yo)
[01:05.35] 
[01:18.45] Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high
[01:20.36] And the snow come a-tumbling from the sky
[01:22.41] She's as nice as apple pie
[01:24.15] And she'll get her own lad, by and by
[01:26.25] When she gets a lad of her own
[01:28.03] She won't tell her ma, 'til she comes home
[01:29.98] Let them all come, as they will
[01:31.64] For it's Albert Mooney she loves still
[01:33.79] Tell me, ma, when I go home
[01:35.52] The boys won't leave the girls alone
[01:37.54] They pull my hair, they stole my comb
[01:39.48] Well, that's alright, 'til I go home
[01:41.15] She is handsome, she is pretty
[01:43.23] She is the belle of Belfast City
[01:45.03] She is a-courting one, two, three
[01:46.98] Pray, won't you tell me who is she?
[01:48.65] (Oh, spéirbhwan)
[01:48.65] (Whoo, oh)
[01:54.67] (Yo)
[01:54.67] (Whoo, oh)
[01:56.73] 
[02:18.91] Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high
[02:20.81] And the snow come a-tumbling from the sky
[02:22.95] She's as nice as apple pie
[02:24.66] And she'll get her own lad, by and by
[02:26.63] When she gets a lad of her own
[02:28.42] She won't tell her ma, 'til she comes home
[02:30.44] Let them all come, as they will
[02:32.11] For it's Albert Mooney she loves still
[02:34.18] Tell me, ma, when I go home
[02:36.02] The boys won't leave the girls alone
[02:37.94] They pull my hair, they stole my comb
[02:39.93] Well, that's alright, 'til I go home
[02:41.69] She is handsome, she is pretty
[02:43.65] She is the belle of Belfast City
[02:45.59] She is a-courting one, two, three
[02:47.44] Pray, won't you tell me who is she?
[02:49.39] Tell me, ma, when I go home
[02:51.17] The boys won't leave the girls alone
[02:53.18] They pull my hair, they stole my comb
[02:54.98] Well, that's alright, 'til I go home
[02:56.70] She is handsome, she is pretty
[02:58.83] She is the belle of Belfast City
[03:00.67] She is a-courting one, two, three
[03:02.56] Pray, won't you tell me who is she?
[03:04.56] Tell me, ma, when I go home
[03:06.31] The boys won't leave the girls alone
[03:08.24] They pull my hair, they stole my comb
[03:10.12] Well, that's alright, 'til I go home
[03:11.97] She is handsome, she is pretty
[03:13.91] She is the belle of Belfast City
[03:15.75] She is a-courting one, two, three
[03:17.68] Pray, won't you tell me who is she?
[03:19.83] Won't you tell me
[03:20.89] Won't you tell me
[03:21.75] Won't you tell me who is she?
[03:23.66] Won't you tell me
[03:24.61] Won't you tell me
[03:25.58] Won't you tell me who is she?
[03:27.47] Won't you tell me
[03:28.39] Won't you tell me
[03:29.21] Won't you tell me who is she?
[03:31.20] Won't you tell me
[03:32.12] Won't you tell me
[03:33.19] Won't you tell me who is she?
[03:34.36] (Yoo, oh)
[03:34.42] (Yo)
[03:34.43] (Yoo, oh)
[03:34.55] 

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Sham Rock

About Sham Rock

·folk, all
Sham Rock are a British pseudo-folk band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, known solely for their 1998 single, "Tell Me Ma" (a pop version of 19th century children's song "I'll Tell Me Ma"). "Tell Me Ma" peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and remained on the charts for 13 weeks. It sold over 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom and Ireland, certifying the track as a Silver single in April 2025 for 200,000 sales equivalent streams and pure sales combined. A one-hit wonder, Sham Rock had no...
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