The Boys Won't Leave the Girls Alone
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The Boys Won't Leave the Girls Alone is a collection of mostly traditional
Irish folk songs performed by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. It was their third album
for Columbia Records
and was released in 1962. It was also their first studio album for Columbia. Its title is taken from the song, "I'll Tell My Ma
". The original LP
featured liner notes
by Tom Clancy
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Traditional music
Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
Irish folk songs performed by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. It was their third album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
for Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
and was released in 1962. It was also their first studio album for Columbia. Its title is taken from the song, "I'll Tell My Ma
I'll Tell Me Ma
"I'll Tell Me Ma" is a well known children's song. It was collected in various parts of England in the 19th century and again appears in collections from shortly after the turn of the 20th century...
". The original LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
featured liner notes
Liner notes
Liner notes are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.-Origin:...
by Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy (singer)
Tom Clancy was a member of the Irish folk singing group The Clancy Brothers. He had the strongest voice of the brothers and had previously been an actor in numerous stage productions, appearing with Orson Welles in King Lear.Like his older brother Patrick Clancy, he was born in Carrick-on-Suir,...
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Side one
- "Bold O'Donahue" - 1:43
- "I'll Tell My MaI'll Tell Me Ma"I'll Tell Me Ma" is a well known children's song. It was collected in various parts of England in the 19th century and again appears in collections from shortly after the turn of the 20th century...
" – 1:38 - "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?Wild Mountain Thyme"Wild Mountain Thyme", also known as "Purple Heather" and "Will You Go Lassie, Go", is a folk song, rewritten by Francis McPeake, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland...
" – 3:06 - "Rothesay-O" – 2:21
- "Marie's Wedding" – 2:00
- "Singin' Bird" – 3:01
- "Holy GroundThe Holy GroundThe Holy Ground is a local place name in the town of Cobh, County Cork, on the southern coast of Ireland. The song "The Holy Ground" is named after this area...
" – 2:29
Side two
- "South Australia" – 2:00
- "As I Roved Out" – 2:13
- "McPherson's Lament" – 3:33
- "The Wild Colonial BoyThe Wild Colonial Boy"The Wild Colonial Boy" is a traditional Irish–Australian ballad of which there are many different versions, the most prominent being the Irish and Australian versions. The original version was about Jack Donahue, an Irish rebel who became a convict, then a bushranger , who was eventually shot down...
" – 2:55 - "Shoals of Herring" – 2:33 (Ewan MacCollEwan MacCollEwan MacColl was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was married to theatre director Joan Littlewood, and later to American folksinger Peggy Seeger. He collaborated with Littlewood in the theatre and with Seeger in folk music...
) - "I Know Who Is Sick" – 1:23
- "Old Woman from Wexford" – 1:58
Personnel
- Liam ClancyLiam ClancyWilliam "Liam" Clancy was an Irish folk singer and actor from Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. He was the youngest and last surviving member of performing group The Clancy Brothers. The group were regarded as Ireland's first pop stars...
- vocals, guitar - Pat ClancyPatrick ClancyPatrick Clancy , usually called "Paddy" or "Pat" Clancy, was an Irish folk singer best known as a member of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem....
- vocals - Tom ClancyTom Clancy (singer)Tom Clancy was a member of the Irish folk singing group The Clancy Brothers. He had the strongest voice of the brothers and had previously been an actor in numerous stage productions, appearing with Orson Welles in King Lear.Like his older brother Patrick Clancy, he was born in Carrick-on-Suir,...
- vocals - Tommy MakemTommy MakemThomas "Tommy" Makem was an internationally celebrated Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, guitar, tin whistle, and bagpipes, and sang in a distinctive baritone...
- vocals, banjo - Bruce LanghorneBruce LanghorneBruce Langhorne is an American folk musician. He was active in the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s, primarily as a session guitarist for folk albums and performances...
- guitar - Robert Morgan - bass
- Eric WeissbergEric WeissbergEric Weissberg is an American banjo player, best known for the theme from the movie Deliverance.-Biography:Eric Weissberg went to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, then the Juilliard School of Music. He joined an early version of the Greenbriar Boys , but left before they made any recordings....
- banjo (on "Rothsea-O" and "South Australia") - John Stauber - guitar (on "Rothsea-O" and "South Australia")
- Bill Lee - bass (on "Rothsea-O" and "South Australia")