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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1928 | 4#3 | [IDM 2] Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. The Four Provinces Orchestra. |
1938 | 14#2 | [ITWWW] "If There Weren't Any Women in the World". The Ballinakill Ceilidhe Band: Jerry Moloney (fiddle), Tommy Whyte (fiddle), Kevin Moloney (fiddle), Aggie Whyte (fiddle), Tommy Whelan (flute), Stephen Moloney (flute). |
1938 | 1.15#2 | [AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle). For this tune: The Ballinakill Ceilidhe Band. |
~1958 | 5#1 | [KCB 1] The Kilfenora Ceili Band. The Fabulous Kilfenora Ceili Band. P.J. Lynch (fiddle), Gus Tierney (fiddle), Jim McCormack (flute), Gerry Lynch (accordion), P. Mullins, T. Eustace, P. Madigan, Kitty Linnane (piano), G. O'Loughlin (drums). |
~1964 | 18#3 | [CmA 3] The Open Door. The Coleman Archive Volume 3. John Egan (flute). |
1969 | 2.12#1 | [MR 10] Micho Russell. Rarities and Old Favorites 1949-1993. Micho Russell (whistle, flute, vocals). For this tune: (whistle), with Gussie Russell (whistle). |
1978 | B.1#1 | [ECahill] Eddie Cahill. Ah! Surely. Eddie Cahill (flute). |
~1997 | 9#1 | [KCB 5] The Kilfenora Céili Band. Set on Stone. Aidan McMahon (fiddle), Anne Marie McCormack (fiddle), Anne Rynne (fiddle), Garry Shannon (flute), Anthony Quigney (flute), Conor McCarthy (accordion), John Lynch (banjo), Tim Collins (concertina), Fintan McMahon (piano), Sean Griffin (drums), Paul O'Driscoll (double bass). |
~2002 | 2.9#1 | [MSCB] Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton (accordion), Caroline Tubridy (fiddle), Pat Curtin (flute), Brian Morgan (flute), Ralph Morgan (banjo), George Byrt (piano), Martin Garrihy (drums). |
~2008 | 15#1 | [TOCnnr] Timmy O'Connor. As It Was in Toureendarby. Timmy O'Connor (accordion). |