The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone is an album by Cherish the Ladies

Cherish the Ladies

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 released in 2001 on the Windham Hill

Windham Hill Records

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 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

I'll Tell Me Ma

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", popularized in the album Irish Heartbeat

Irish Heartbeat

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by Van Morrison

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 and The Chieftains

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.

Guest artists including Luka Bloom

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, Tom Chapin

Tom Chapin

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, Arlo Guthrie

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, Pete Seeger

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, fiddler Brendan Mulvihill, banjo player Eric Weissberg

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, flutist Matt Molloy

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, and The Clancy Brothers

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. In the second half of the recording, the Ladies pay tribute to their families by playing a lovely rendition of "The Queen of Connemara" 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.

Track listing

1. "Song: The Broom of the Cowdenknowes
   Broom of the Cowdenknowes
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   " – 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"