Artist: David Hammond
Author: Francie McPeake
Label: Tradition
Year: 1959
Old West Belfast children song.
Covers:
Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem [as I'll Tell Me Ma; vocal: Tommy Makem on lp The Boys Won't Leave The Girls Alone (which is a lyric-line from I'll Tell Me Ma)]
Dubliners [idem]
Christy Moore [idem]
Peter Gabriel [in German tv show Illusionen]
Van Morrison & The Chieftains [as I'll Tell Me Ma]
Sham Rock [as Tell Me Ma; top 20 UK]
Jan Smit [as The Belle Of Belfast]
Sinéad O'Connor [popular in Dublin as well, says she (and anywhere else in Ireland)]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)