''The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone'' is an album by
Cherish the Ladies
Cherish the Ladies is an American female super group that plays Celtic music. The band began as a concert series in New York in January 1985. It was the brainchild of Mick Moloney who wanted to showcase the brightest female musicians in Ameri ...
released in 2001 on the
Windham Hill
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The label was ...
label. The title reverses the lyrics "the boys won't leave the girls alone" from the Irish song "
Belle of Belfast City/I'll Tell Me Ma", popularized in the album ''
Irish Heartbeat
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'' by
Van Morrison
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As a teenager in t ...
and
The Chieftains
The Chieftains are a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous wi ...
. ''
The Boys Won't Leave the Girls Alone'' is also the title of a 1962 album by
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
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.
Two of the Clancy Brothers,
Liam
Liam is a short form of the Irish name Uilliam or the old Germanic name William.
Etymology
The original name was a merging of two Old German elements: ''willa'' ("will" or "resolution"); and ''helma'' ("helmet"). The juxtaposition of these ele ...
and
Bobby Clancy
Robert Joseph 'Bobby' Clancy Jr (11 May 1927 – 6 September 2002) was an Irish singer and musician best known as a member of The Clancy Brothers, one of the most successful and influential Irish folk groups. He accompanied his songs on five-s ...
, make guest appearances on ''The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone''. They both perform "
Freeborn Man of the Traveling People" with Bobby's son,
Finbarr, and daughter, Aoife Clancy, a former member of Cherish the Ladies. This was the final recording of any of the Clancy Brothers together. Liam Clancy also sings "The Jolly Beggarman" with
Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father, Woody Guthrie. Gu ...
on the album. The Clancys' former singing partner,
Tommy Makem
Thomas Makem (4 November 1932 – 1 August 2007) was an internationally celebrated Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banj ...
, appears with
John McCutcheon
John McCutcheon (born August 14, 1952) is an American folk music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has produced 41 albums since the 1970s. He is regarded as a master of the hammered dulcimer, and is also proficient on many other i ...
and
Tom Chapin
Tom Chapin (born March 13, 1945) is an American musician, entertainer, singer-songwriter, and storyteller.
Chapin is known for the song " Happy Birthday", released in 1989 in his ''Moonboat'' album. It takes its melody from "Love Unspoken", a so ...
on the song, "Rambling Irishman."
Other guest artists include
Paddy Reilly
Patrick "Paddy" Reilly (born 18 October 1939) is an Irish folk singer and guitarist. Born in Rathcoole, County Dublin, he is one of Ireland's most famous balladeers and is best known for his renditions of "The Fields of Athenry", "Rose of Alle ...
,
Luka Bloom
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Early life
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,
Pete Seeger
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, fiddler Brendan Mulvihill, banjo player
Eric Weissberg
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, flutist
Matt Molloy
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, and
Liam Ó Maonlaí
Liam Ó Maonlaí (born 7 November 1964 in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician best known as a member of Hothouse Flowers. Ó Maonlaí formed the band in 1985 with his schoolmate Fiachna Ó Braonáin.
Biography
He attend ...
. In the second half of the recording, the Ladies pay tribute to their families by playing a rendition of "The Queen of Connemara" accompanied by their fathers and brothers. This album is a departure from the group's previous dance-tune-based recordings, but the quality of the singing is regarded as very good throughout.
Track listing
# "Song: The
Broom of the Cowdenknowes
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The title of the song references the Scotch B ...
" – 4:33
# "Song:
Freeborn Man of the Traveling People" – 4:05
# "Song: Rambling Irishman" – 5:23
# "Song: Bonny Blue-Eyed Nancy" – 5:43
# "Reels: The Raveled Hank of Yarn Set" – 3:29
#*"Mullin's Fancy"
#*"The Raveled Hank of Yarn"
#*"Gilbert Clancy's"
# "Song: Erin Grá Mo Chrói" – 5:16
# "An Poc Ar Buile" – 4:14
# "Song: I'll Walk Beside You" – 3:16
# "Jigs: The Colliers' Set" – 4:01
#*"The Two-and-Six-Penny Girl"
#*"The Humors of Drinagh"
#*"The Colliers"
# "Song and Jigs: The Queen of Connemara/The Carraroe/The Lilting Fisherman" – 6:42
# "Song:
Down by the Glenside" – 4:13
# "Song: The Jolly Beggarman" – 3:35
# "Reels: The Last Night's Fun Set" – 4:53
#*"Last Night's Fun"
#*"The Chattering Magpie"
#*"The Black Haired Lass"
#*"The Commodore"
References
External links
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Complete identification of album contents at irishtune.info
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Cherish the Ladies albums
2001 albums