''The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone'' is an album by
Cherish the Ladies released in 2001 on the
Windham Hill 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'' by
Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician whose recording career started in the 1960s. Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching the UK ...
and
The Chieftains
The Chieftains were 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 w ...
. ''
The Boys Won't Leave the Girls Alone'' is also the title of a 1962 album by
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
Two of the Clancy Brothers,
Liam
Liam is a short form of the Germanic name William, or its Irish variant Uilliam.
Etymology
The original name was a merging of two Old German elements: ''willa'' ("will" or "resolution"); and ''helma'' ("helmet"). The juxtaposition of these ...
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 music, folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing protest song, songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his fa ...
on the album. The Clancys' former singing partner,
Tommy Makem
Thomas Makem (4 November 1932 – 1 August 2007) was an Irish folk music, 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 banjo, tin whistle, l ...
, appears with
John McCutcheon 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,
Luka Bloom,
Pete Seeger
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weav ...
, fiddler Brendan Mulvihill, banjo player
Eric Weissberg
Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in moder ...
, flutist
Matt Molloy, and
Liam Ó Maonlaí. 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" – 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