The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone

The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone is an album by Cherish the Ladies released in 2001 on the Windham Hill label. The title reverses the lyrics "the boys won't leave the girls alone" from the Irish song "Belle of Belfast City/I'll Tell Me Ma", popularized in the album Irish Heartbeat by Van Morrison and The Chieftains.

Guest artists including Luka Bloom, Tom Chapin, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, fiddler Brendan Mulvihill, banjo player Eric Weissberg, flutist Matt Molloy, and The Clancy Brothers. In the second half of the recording, the Ladies pay tribute to their families by playing a lovely rendition of "The Queen of Connemara"^[2] accompanied by their fathers and brothers. This album is a departure from the group's previous dance-tune-based recordings, but the quality of the singing is regarded as very good throughout.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Song: The Broom of the Cowdenknowes" – 4:33
2. "Song: Freeborn Man of the Traveling People" – 4:05
3. "Song: Rambling Irishman" – 5:23
4. "Song: Bonny Blue-Eyed Nancy" – 5:43
5. "Reels: The Raveled Hank of Yarn Set" – 3:29
   • "Mullin's Fancy"
   • "The Raveled Hank of Yarn"
   • "Gilbert Clancy's"
6. "Song: Erin Grá Mo Chrói" – 5:16
7. "An Poc Ar Buile" – 4:14
8. "Song: I'll Walk Beside You" – 3:16
9. "Jigs: The Colliers' Set" – 4:01
   • "The Two-and-Six-Penny Girl"
   • "The Humors of Drinagh"
   • "The Colliers"
10. "Song and Jigs: The Queen of Connemara/The Carraroe/The Lilting Fisherman" – 6:42
11. "Song: Down by the Glenside" – 4:13
12. "Song: The Jolly Beggarman" – 3:35
13. "Reels: The Last Night's Fun Set" – 4:53
    • "Last Night's Fun"
    • "The Chattering Magpie"
    • "The Black Haired Lass"
    • "The Commodore"

References

Sources and links

• The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone at Allmusic