Learn the popular English children’s song, “I’ll tell me Ma” on your One-String Canjo!
“I’ll Tell Me Ma” is a popular children’s song dating back to 19th century England.
Also known as “The Belle of Belfast City”, it has since become somewhat of a staple in Irish music sessions.
Below we bring you a version of this popular tune for Diatonically fretted one-string Canjos, as well as the first verse of the song.
0 2 2 2 3 2 2 Tell me ma when I go home 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 The boys won’t leave the girls a-lone 0 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 They pull my hair, they stole my comb 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 But that’s alright till I go home 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 1 She is handsome, she is pretty 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 She is the Belle of Dublin city 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 She is a-courting one, two, three 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 Please won’t you tell me who is she