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Tune ID#3149 (Scully Casey's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Scully Casey's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BC 4 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars4-bar phrase structureMode ?
Slide32AABBD Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Scully Casey's / Scully Casey's Jig / Port Scolaí Uí Chathasaigh (2nd in set Scully's Single Jigs on BC 4) (also described as a single jig) (compare 1st part with 1st part of The Day the Ass Ran Away #7780)
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Discography cd

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.

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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~19755#2
[BC 4] Bobby Casey. Maestro. Bobby Casey (fiddle).
~19771.5#3
[BC 2] Bobby Casey. Taking Flight. Bobby Casey (fiddle).
~199510#1
[JW 1] John Williams. John Williams. John Williams (accordion, concertina). For this tune: (concertina), with Martin Hayes (fiddle).
~199714#1
[GL1] The Dance Music of Ireland. Jigs and Reels. John Williams (concertina), with Martin Hayes (fiddle).
199812#1
[Chlr 1] Chulrua. Barefoot on the Altar. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Tim Britton (pipes, flute, whistle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals).
~19981.2#2
[JCrehan] Junior Crehan. The Last House in Ballymakea. Junior Crehan (fiddle, vocals, concertina). For this tune: (fiddle), with Tony Crehan (concertina), Angela Crehan (whistle), Ita Crehan (whistle), P.J. Crotty (flute), Bobby Casey (fiddle), Eamon McGivney (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Scully Casey's
BC 4
Joy of My Life
BC 2
Pipe on the Hob
JCrehan
Played beforeOn Albums
Behind the Bush in the Garden
JW 1, GL1
Rural Felicity
Chlr 1

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #38 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As slide #77 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1975