Annotation:If There Weren't Any Women in the World

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IF THERE WEREN'T ANY WOMEN (IN THE WORLD). AKA - "If We Hadn't Any Women in the World," "Where Would the World Be without Women." Irish, Barndance (4/4 time). Ireland, County Donegal. G Major (Mulvihill): A Major: D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Frequently recorded in the 1920's and 1930's and still a popular barndance in County Donegal. James Morrison and Paddy Killoran both recorded it--on the Morrison record its subtitled "Berrefroy (The)." Both strains of the tune, however, are straight out of popular British music, and is a variant of the schottische "Dusky Minstrel" by Scottish composer Felix Burns [1] (1864-1920) (who also composed "Woodland Flowers").

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 50, p. 129. Reavy (Music of Corktown).

Recorded sources: Columbia 33267-F (78 RPM), James Morrison (1928). Decca 12158 (78 RPM), Paddy Killoran (1938).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [3]
Hear Paddy Killoran's 1938 recording at the Internet Archive [4]
Hear James Morrison's 1928 recording at the Internet Archive [5]



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