Bobby Casey's Jig (1)

 BOBBY CASEY'S JIG [1]. AKA - "Casey's Jig." AKA and see "Scully Casey's (Jig) [1]." Irish, Jig. A Mixolydian (Feldman & O'Doherty). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bobby Casey (1926-2000) was a renowned fiddler from West Clare; Scully was his father. A version is published as an untitled double jig published by Breathnach (Vol. 3, 1985; No. 16, pg. 9), from the playing of fiddler Kevin Burke and accordion player Jackie Daly. Irish guitarist Paul de Grae relates the story of the north London pub called 'The Case is Altered' (actually there were several pubs with that name), a name that stems from a centuries old expression meaning "things are different now." Another story exists for the oldest of the 'Case Altered' pubs, that had supposedly been established by a veteran from Wellington's army during the Napoleonic Wars who had been invalided out. The soldier had been wounded during the Spanish campaign and had been hospitalized in a commandeered villa called La Casa Alta, a name transformed and brought home. Bobby Casey liked to go to the pub on a Sunday, says Paul, leading some to playfully refer to it as "Casey's Altar!" Source for notated version: fiddler Peter Turbit [Feldman & O'Doherty]. Printed source: Breathnach (CRÉ III), No. 16 (untitled). Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 3, No. 60. Feldman & O'Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1978; p. 233b (appears as second "Untitled Jig" on page). Recorded source: Green Linnet SIF 3002, Kevin Burke & Jackie Daly - "Eavesdropper" (1981).

X: 1 T: Bobby Casey's Jig % abc by B.Black S: "Music from Ireland 3" (Bulmer & Sharpley) Q: 1/8=330 R: jig M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: Ador B | c2A BAG | EAA EAA | cBc dcd | eaf ged | c2A BAG | EAA EAA | cBc dBG | BAA A2 :| B | cBc dcd | eaf ged | efg aba | aba ged | [1 cBc dcd | eaf ged | cBc dBG | BAA A2 :| [2 eab c'ba | gea ged | cBc dBG | BAA A3 ||

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