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Citizens - "Light Of Your Grace" This is how I know I am Yours That if my heart should condemn me Your truth is so much more This is how I know I'm secure That even though I keep falling Your love for me endures In the light of... The Rankin Family as "Tell My Ma", on their second album Fare Thee Well Love, 1990, and on their re-released album North Country, 1993.
The single reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, remained on the charts for 17 weeks, and sold over 200,000 copies. It has been included on various compilation albums that have sold a total of over 3 million copies. The song has been covered on numerous albums, some of which have adapted the lyrics to their locales. A ring is formed by the children joining hands, one player standing in the centre. When asked, "Please tell me who they be," the girl in the middle gives the name or initials of a boy in the ring .
I’ll Tell Me Ma or Belle of Belfast City
The ring then sings the rest of the words, and the boy who was named goes into the centre. The Young Dubliners, on With All Due Respect - The Irish Sessions, 2007 This version uses the lyric "She is the belle of Dublin city". The Wiggles did a rendition of this called "Nya, Nya, Nya" which is found on the video Wiggledance!
They would later sing "I'll Tell Me Ma" on the album, Apples & Bananas, 2014. The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, as "I'll Tell My Ma" on The Boys Won't Leave The Girls Alone, 1962. This is a pop adaptation of the children’s song “I’ll Tell Me Ma” or “The Wind”. The original song is a parody of the life of Laura Eliza Jane Seymour Bell, a Dublin born girl who moved to Glenavy when her father completed the new family home. Primal Scream - "Movin' On Up" I was blind, now I can see, you made a believer out of me I was blind, now I can see, you made a believer out of me I'm moving on up now, getting out of the darkness My light shines on, my light... "I'll Tell Me Ma" lyrics are provided for educational purposes and personal use only.
I’ll Tell Me Ma Lyrics
Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love. It was collected in various parts of England in the 19th century and again appears in collections from shortly after the turn of the 20th century. Celtic Thunder recorded a short version on their "Voyage" album, which included two other traditional Irish folk tunes. (The other two being "Courtin' in the Kitchen" and "The Irish rover".) The Medley was given the title of "The Clancy Bros. Medley". Northern Irish punk band The Undertones reference this song in their song "Top Twenty", a B-side of "Here Comes the Summer" by lifting the line "The boys won't leave the girls alone." Sham Rock released a popular rendition of the song set to a dance beat titled "Tell Me Ma" in 1998.
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