Annotation:Casey's Pig

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 'CASEY'S PIG. AKA and see "Boston O'Connor," "The Duke of Gordon's Birthday." Irish, Highland. Ireland, County Donegal. A popular and well-known highland in County Donegal. It originally was the Scottish strathspey "The Duke of Gordon's Birthday," reworked as a highland. The tune was recorded in 1932 by Nova Scotia fiddler Colin Boyd, a 78 RPM record that had wide distribution in Ireland and was highly regarded, according to Caoimhin Mac Aoidh. Philippe Varlet notes that Boyd waxed his record in New York in February, 1932, and that it was, along with two others of Boyd's, issued in Columbia's Irish series. The "Casey's Pig" record was reissued in England and Ireland by Regal Zonophone (EMI). Source for notated version: Printed sources: Recorded sources: Columbia 33520-F (78 RPM), (Nova Scotia fiddler) Colin Boyd (1932). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40481, Brian Conway - "First Through the Gate" (2002. Learned from his father, Jim Conway).

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