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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below to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 2.7#1 | [JMcK] John McKenna. The Music and Life of John McKenna. 'The Buck from the Mountain'. John McKenna (flute, whistle, lilting, vocals). For this tune: (C# flute), with Michael Gaffney (banjo mandolin). |
| 1927 | 8#1 | [FidDel] The Fiddler's Delight. Rare 78rpm Irish Fiddle Recordings 1921-1945. Martin Mullin (fiddle). |
| 1932 | 17#3 | [IDM 1] Irish Dance Music. Frank Lee's Tara Ceilidh Band. |
| 1941 | 23#1 | [ITWWW] "If There Weren't Any Women in the World". Ann McNulty (C melodeon), later with unknown (banjo). |
| 1949 | 2.5#2 | [MDhrty] Mickey Doherty. Garvan Hill - The Fiddle Music of Mickey Doherty. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Mickey Doherty (fiddle). |
| ~1983 | 2.5#2 | [Boys 10] Boys of the Lough. Open Road. Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle, vocals), Dave Richardson (concertina, mandolin, cittern), Tich Richardson (guitar, acoustic bass guitar). For this tune: Aly (fiddle). |
| ~1983 | 2.5#2 | [Boys 15] Boys of the Lough. The Session. Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle), Dave Richardson (concertina, mandolin, cittern), Tich Richardson (guitar, acoustic bass guitar). For this tune: Aly (fiddle). |
| 1984 | A.3#2 | [Boys 12] Boys of the Lough. Far from Home. Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle), Dave Richardson (concertina, mandolin, cittern), Tich Richardson (guitar). For this tune: Aly (fiddle). |
| ~1987 | 1#1 | [TW] Tannahill Weavers. The Best of the Tannahill Weavers 1979-1989. |
| ~1988 | 10#2 | [LC 2] Liz Carroll. Liz Carroll. Liz Carroll (fiddle). |
| ~1992 | 3#1 | [FireAfl] Matt Molloy, Seán Keane, Liam O'Flynn. The Fire Aflame. Matt Molloy (flute), Seán Keane (fiddle), Liam O'Flynn (pipes). |
| ~1992 | 7#3 | [MMM] Music at Matt Molloy's. |
| ~1993 | 21#1 | [JCnly 1] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (melodeon). For this tune: (C melodeon). |
| 1994 | 2.4#3 | [SDI 3] Set Dances of Ireland. Volume III. Michael (flute), Tommy (concertina), Eamon (fiddle). |
| ~1994 | 10#1 | [EI 1] Eileen Ivers. Eileen Ivers. Traditional Irish Music. Eileen Ivers (fiddle, mandolin, rainstick). |
| ~1995 | 7#2 | [Arc 2] Arcady. Many Happy Returns. Johnny McDonagh (bones, bodhrán, triangle), Nicholas Quemener (guitar, flute, whistle, vocals), Patsy Broderick (piano, keyboards), Conor Keane (accordion), Brendan Larrissey (fiddle), Niamh Parsons (vocals). |
| ~1995 | 2.14#1 | [JCrehan] Junior Crehan. The Last House in Ballymakea. Junior Crehan (fiddle, vocals, concertina). For this tune: (fiddle), with Tony Crehan (concertina), Angela Crehan (whistle), Ita Crehan (whistle), P.J. Crotty (flute), Bobby Casey (fiddle), Eamon McGivney (fiddle). |
| 1997 | 1#3 | [JDr 3] Joe Derrane. The Tie that Binds. Joe Derrane (accordion). For this tune: with Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute). |
| ~1997 | 4#2 | [CKeane 2] Conor Keane. Oidhreacht. Conor Keane (accordion). |
| 1998 | 2#2 | [Lgcy] Legacy. Navan. Don Penzien (guitar, vocals, whistle), Valerie Plested (fiddle), Beth Patterson (bouzouki, vocals), Justin Murphy (flute, whistle). |
| 1999 | 6#2 | [JWh 8] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion). |
| 2001 | 11#2 | [FDys] Davy Spillane and Kevin Glackin. Forgotten Days. Davy Spillane (pipes, whistle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle). For this tune: (pipes), (fiddle). |
| 2003 | 11#1 | [LLses 2] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Track Across the Deep. Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Dee Havlin (flute, whistle), Maureen Linane (accordion), Kathleen O'Sullivan (vocals). For this tune: 1st time (fiddle). |
| 2004 | 6#2 | [SGrant] Seamus Grant. Traditional Fiddle Playing from Inishowen. Seamus Grant (fiddle). |
| ~2008 | 7#3 | [FScahl 1] Fergal Scahill. The Dusty Bridge. Fergal Scahill (fiddle, guitar, bodhrán). |
| ~2013 | 12#2 | [DPower 3] David Power. The Eighteen Moloney. David Power (B pipes). |
