Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.
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Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments). |
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~1904 | 1.8#1 | [FONC] The Francis O'Neill Cylinders. Thirty-two Recordings of Irish Traditional Music in America circa 1904. Patsy Touhey (pipes). |
1919 | 12#1 | [PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes). |
1930 | 5#2 | [IDM 1] Irish Dance Music. Bart Henry's [Batt Henry] Traditional Quartet Orchestra. |
1941 | 23#2 | [ITWWW] "If There Weren't Any Women in the World". Ann McNulty (C melodeon), unknown (banjo). |
~1949 | 27#2 | [TaisLFid] Taisce Luachmhar (Valuable Treasure) - The Fiddle Album. Paddy Killoran (fiddle). |
1952 | 10#2 | [KF] Padraig O'Keefe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford. Kerry Fiddles. Padraig O'Keefe (fiddle), Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle). For this tune: O'Keeffe, Murphy, Clifford. |
~1978 | A.7#1 | [NF] Joe Shannon, Johnny McGreevy. The Noonday Feast. Joe Shannon (pipes), Johnny McGreevy (fiddle). For this tune: Joe Shannon (pipes). |
1992 | 2#3 | [JRyan] Joe Ryan. An Buachaill Dreoite. Joe Ryan (fiddle). |
~1992 | 12#1 | [PMcG 1] Paul McGrattan. The Frost Is All Over. Paul McGrattan (flute, whistle). |
~1993 | 2#1 | [MB 2] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin 2. Mary Bergin (whistle). |
1994 | 3#2 | [MvC 1] Moving Cloud. Moving Cloud. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute and percussion), Carl Hession (piano). |
~1996 | 11#2 | [JCt 2] John Carty. Last Night's Fun. John Carty (fiddle, banjo, flute). |
~1996 | 7#1 | [LoStBand] The Lonely Stranded Band. The Lonely Stranded Band. Traditional Irish Music and Song from Charlie Piggott, Miriam Collins and Joe Corcoran. Charlie Piggott (accordion), Miriam Collins (concertina), Joe Corcoran (vocals, bouzouki, guitar). |
~1997 | 17#3 | [CBt] Celtic Beat. Traditional Music from Ireland. Breandan O'Hare (flute). |
~1997 | 7#1 | [SHernon] Seán Hernon. An Nóra Bheag. Seán Hernon (Eb whistle, banjo). |
~1998 | 19#2 | [KHe] Kevin Henry. One's Own Place - A Family Tradition. Kevin Henry (flute, whistle, pipes, vocals). For this tune: Kevin Henry (C whistle), Maggie Healy (C whistle). |
~1999 | 8#2 | [DzDnly 1] Dezi Donnelly. Familiar Footsteps. Dezi Donnelly (fiddle). |
~2000 | 10#2 | [LLses 1] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Bernie Conneely (banjo), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Sharon Whelton (flute, whistle). |
~2002 | 2#1 | [JWh 2] John Whelan. From the Heart. Traditional Irish Music. John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: with Patrick Mangan (fiddle). |
~2005 | 2#2 | [CDrny 4] Chris Droney. Down from Bell Harbour. Chris Droney (concertina). |
~2006 | 4#1 | [DShrdn 1] Dave Sheridan. Sheridan's Guesthouse. Dave Sheridan (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute), with Brian Rooney (fiddle). |
2007 | 10#3 | [KHys 2] Kitty Hayes. Remembered. In Concert in Glór and Bantry House. Kitty Hayes (concertina). |
~2008 | 7#1 | [BMcGrth] Brian McGrath. Pure Banjo. Brian McGrath (banjo, guitar, keyboards). |
2009 | 2#3 | [Hmmrs] The Hammers. From Distant Shores. Paul Hammer (mandolin, banjo), Susan Hammer (whistle, concertina). For this tune: (whistle). |
~2009 | 6#1 | [DubMMe] Liam O'Connor and Seán McKeon. Dublin Made Me. Liam O'Connor (fiddle, viola), Seán McKeon (pipes). |
~2009 | 2#1 | [LmKlly] Liam Kelly. Sweetwood. Liam Kelly (flute, whistle). |
~2017 | 12#3 | [LOBrn] Liam O'Brien. The Lane. Liam O'Brien (concertina). For this tune: (Bb/F concertina). |
~2017 | 2#3 | [DFln] Declan Folan. All in Good Time. Declan Folan (fiddle). |