Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1300 (Miss Casey's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBE Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Miss Casey's
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BMc (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Miss Casey's / Miss Casey's Jig / Miss Casey / The Orphan (mislabeled as Sean Ryan's in one place in the printed matter for KClns) (also in A Major) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Denis Cooney's #4826)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19765#2[KClns] Kathleen Collins. Traditional Music of Ireland. Kathleen Collins (fiddle).View album details
~19815#2[BMc] Billy McComiskey. Makin' the Rounds. Irish Traditional Music. Billy McComiskey (accordion).View album details
~198411#1 and#3[KB UC] Kevin Burke. Up Close. Kevin Burke (fiddle).View album details
20019#2[JCrv] John Creaven. The Story So Far. John Creaven (flute).View album details
20021#2[BBg 2] Brendan Begley. It Could Be a Good Night Yet! Oíche go Maidean. Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich/Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals).View album details
20068#2[TCB 4] The Tulla Céilí Band. 60th Anniversary Celebration. Mark Donnellan (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Jim Corry (piano), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), J.J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Martin Glynn (flute), Mick Flanagan (drums).View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

As tune #1094 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #56 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 69 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As jig #95 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As jig #93 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #77 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [available]
As jig #79 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903
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