folk, celtic 60 min 13 tracks Windham Hill Records
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. The Boys Won't Leave the Girls Alone is also the title of a 1962 album by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
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Classical in form, spare, intimate and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- 1The Broom of the Cowdenknowes4:34
- 2Freeborn Man of the Traveling People4:05
- 3Rambling Irishman5:24
- 4Bonny Blue-eyed Nancy5:44
- 5Raveled Hank of Yarn Set: Mullin's Fancy / The Raveled Hank of Yarn / Gilbert Clancy's3:29
- 6Erin Grá Mo Chrói (Ireland Love of My Heart)5:16
- 7An Poc Ar Buile (The Mad Puck Goat)4:15
- 8I'll Walk Beside You3:16
- 9The Colliers' Set: The Two-and-Six-Penny Girl / The Humours of Drinagh / The Colliers4:02
- 10Queen of Connemara / The Carraroe Jig / The Lilting Fisherman6:43
- 11Down by the Glenside4:14
- 12The Jolly Beggarman3:35
- 13Last Night's Fun Set: Last Night's Fun / The Chattering Magpie / The Black Haired Lass / The Commodore4:54
13 tracks, 60 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Cherish the Ladies
- Label
- Windham Hill Records
- Released
- April 17, 2001
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
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