I Won't Go Home 'Til Morning

I Won't Go Home 'Til Morning is the second album recorded by singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid.^[1]

McQuaid's mother died in January 2004 which led her to revisit the songs they sang together when she was a child, turning to the Southern Appalachian songs and tunes that she grew up with. The album is accordingly dedicated to her mother.

1. The Chickens They Are Crowing (Trad arr. S.McQuaid) (5:33)
2. West Virginia Boys (Trad arr. S.McQuaid) (2:09)
3. Shady Grove / Cluck Old Hen (Trad arr. S.McQuaid) (2:21)
4. Ode to Billie Joe (Bobbie Gentry) (5:38)
5. Uncloudy Day (J.K.Alwood) (3:36)
6. Wondrous Love (Trad arr. J.Ritchie) (3:11)
7. Only an Emotion (S.McQuaid) (3:32)
8. In the Pines (Trad arr. S.McQuaid) (4:42)
9. East Virginia (Trad arr. S.McQuaid) (4:39)
10. The Wagoner’s Lad (Trad arr. S.McQuaid) (4:02)
11. Last Song (S.McQuaid) (5:00)

• Sarah McQuaid - vocals [1-2, 4, 6-11], guitar [1, 4, 7-11], melody guitar [3, 5];
• Gerry O’Beirne - 12-string guitar [1, 3], 6-string guitar [3], slide guitar [4, 8], tiple [3, 5], ukulele [8], ebow [1];
• Trevor Hutchinson - double bass [4, 8-9, 11], electric bass [5];
• Rosie Shipley - fiddle [1];
• Máire Breatnach - fiddle [7, 9], viola [11];
• Liam Bradley - percussion [1-2, 5], vocals [6]

• Produced by Gerry O’Beirne
• Engineered by Trevor Hutchinson
• Recorded and mixed at Marguerite Studios, Glasnevin, Dublin
• Mastered by Sander van der Heide at Polyhymnia International, Baarn, The Netherlands
• Design and original cover artwork by Mary Guinan
• Photography by Alastair Bruce

• Sarah plays a 1965 Martin D-28
• DADGAD tuning
• John Pearse strings