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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1929 | 11#1 | [ITWWW] "If There Weren't Any Women in the World". Treasa Ni Ailpin (fiddle). |
~1958 | 2.8#1 | [WC 4] Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (B pipes). |
~1959 | 13#1 | [LR 2] Leo Rowsome. The King of the Pipers. Leo Rowsome (pipes). |
1971 | 13#1 | [DC1] The Drones and the Chanters. Irish Pipering. Dan Dowd (C pipes). |
1971 | 10#1 | [TPtts] Tommy Potts. The Liffey Banks. Tommy Potts (fiddle). |
1973 | 17#1 | [WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes). |
~1976 | 16#1 | [GP] The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. Sean McAloon. |
~1980 | 1.16#1 | [EMlny] Eddie Moloney. Eddie Moloney. Master Musician. Eddie Moloney (flute, fiddle, whistle, vocal). For this tune: (whistle). |
~1981 | 5#1 | [CtL] Peg McGrath, Mary Mulholland, Kathleen Smyth. Cherish the Ladies. Disc 9 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Peg McGrath (flute), Kathleen Smyth (fiddle), Mary Mulholland (piano). For this tune: Peg McGrath (flute). |
~1984 | 2#1 | [MCrtch] Matt Cranitch. Éistigh Seal. Matt Cranitch (fiddle). |
~1985 | 4#2 | [KHe] Kevin Henry. One's Own Place - A Family Tradition. Kevin Henry (flute, whistle, pipes, vocals). For this tune: Verona Ryan (fiddle). |
~1996 | 14#1 | [JOBM 1] Jimmy O'Brien-Moran. Seán Reid's Favourite. Jimmy O'Brien-Moran (pipes). For this tune: (B pipes). |
2000 | 8#1 | [MOR 1] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). For this tune: (G#/D# concertina). |
~2002 | 5#1 | [CaBrdg] Niall and Cillian Vallely. Callan Bridge. Niall Vallely (concertina), Cillian Vallely (pipes, whistle). For this tune: Cillian (pipes). |
2005 | 10#1 | [Drcht 2] Draíocht. Land's End. Michael Rooney (harp), June McCormack (flute). For this tune: Michael (harp). |
~2010 | 9#1 | [MoMad] Brendan Begley and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. A Moment of Madness. Brendan Begley (accordion), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle, hardanger fiddle). For this tune: Brendan (accordion). |
2014 | 12#1 | [ANCPOC] Aoife Ní Chaoimh, Paudie O'Connor. Didn't She Dance and Dance. Sliabh Luachra Music on Fiddle and Accordion. Aoife Ní Chaoimh (fiddle), Paudie O'Connor (accordion). For this tune: Paudie (accordion). |