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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1922 | 1.23#2 | [MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
1929 | 10#1 | [ITWWW] "If There Weren't Any Women in the World". Leo Molloy's Siamsa Gaedheal Band: possibly Tom Page (fiddle), Mrs. Sheridan (fiddle), Mrs. Whelan (fiddle), Dave Page (pipes), Tommy Breen (piccolo). |
1937 | 20#2 | [FidDel] The Fiddler's Delight. Rare 78rpm Irish Fiddle Recordings 1921-1945. Paddy Sweeney (fiddle). |
~2007 | 11#2 | [PttW] Matt Molloy and John Carty with Arty McGlynn. Pathway to the Well. Matt Molloy (flute), John Carty (fiddle), Arty McGlynn (guitar). For this tune: John Carty (fiddle). |
~2007 | 4#3 | [PS 9] Patrick Street. On the Fly. Kevin Burke (fiddle), John Carty (fiddle, flute, banjo), Ged Foley (guitar, vocals), Andy Irvine (mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, harmonica, vocals). |