Belle of Belfast City (I’ll tell my ma) for flute, clarinet and guitar

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Arrangement of the old Ulster folk song “I’ll tell my ma when I get home” (The Belle of Belfast city)

I’ll tell my ma, when I get home
The boys won’t leave the girls alone
Pulled me hair, stolen me comb
But that’s alright, till I get home
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the belle of Belfast city
She is a-courting one, two, three
Pray, won’t you tell me who is she?

Albert Mooney says he loves her
All the boys are fightin’ for her
Knock at the door, they’re ringin’ the bell
Say, “Hello, my true love are you well?”
Out she comes white as snow
Rings on her fingers, bells on her toes
Ol’ Jenny Murray says she’ll die
If she doesn’t get the fellow with the roving eye

I’ll tell my ma, when I get home
The boys won’t leave the girls alone
Pulled me hair, stolen me comb
But that’s alright, till I get home
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the belle of Belfast city
She is a-courting one, two, three
Pray, want you tell me who is she?