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Casey’s Favourite strathspey

Also known as Casey’s Favourite #1, Casey’s Favourite Highland Fling #1, Casey’s Favourites, Casey’s Favorite.

There is 1 recording of this tune.

Casey's Favourite has been added to 6 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: Casey's Favourite
R: strathspey
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:d>c|B>GG>A B>c d2|(3efe d>B A2 d>c|B>GG>A B>cd>B|(3efe d>B G2:|
g>a|b>ga>f g>fe>d|e>aa>^g a2 =g>a|b>ga>f g>fe>d|e>^de>f g2 g>a|
(3bag a>g b>ga>g|e>aa>^g a2 =g>a|b>c'b>a g>fe>d|e>aa>f g>e||
2
X: 2
T: Casey's Favourite
R: strathspey
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:dc|BGGA Bc d2|e2 dB A2 dc||BGGA BcdB|e2 dB G2:|
ga|bgaf gfed|eaa^g a2 =ga|bgaf gfed|e^def g2 ga|
bgag bgag|eaa^g a2 =ga|bc’ba gfed|eaaf ge||
3
X: 3
T: Casey's Favourite
R: strathspey
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:d>c|B>G (3GGA B>c d2|e>Bd>B (3ABA d>c|B>GG>A (3Bcd G>d|(3ege d>B G2:|
(3fga|b2 a>f g>f (3fed|e>a-a>^g a>d=g>a|b>ga>f g>fe>d|e>^de>f g>=d (3fga|
b>ga>g b>g (3agf|e2 a>^g a2 =g>a|b2 (3c’ba g>ed>G|e>^de>f g2||

Six comments

“Casey’s Favourite #1” ~ 1-of-3 in a set of highland flings

From a 78 recording of “The Garry Owen Irish Recording Orchestra”. As promised to a certain other who sometimes visits this site, one of our members, here it is ‘dinxterless’, sans > & (3 ~

X: 2
T: Casey’s Favourite
S: CD: “Round The House And Mind The Dresser: Irish Country House Dance Music”
S: The Garry Owen Irish Recording Orchestra
S: track 9, the first tune in the set
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: Gmaj
|: dc |\
BGGA Bc d2 | e2 DB A2 dc | BGGA BcdB | e2 dB G2 :|
ga |\
bgaf gfed | eaa^g a2 =ga | bgaf gfed | e^def g2 ga |
bgag bgag | eaa^g a2 =ga | bc’ba gfed | eaaf ge |]

This is another one for enirehtac, and I’m still trying to dredge up names for these, and any help there is appreciated.

I’ve just realized my spell checker was doing capitals on me. Bar 2 of the straight A-part above should have been ~

~ | e2 dB A2 dc | ~

“Casey’s Favourite #1” ~ other possibilities

X: 3
T: Casey’s Favourite
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Gmaj
|: d>c |\
B>G (3GGA B>c d2 | e>Bd>B (3ABA d>c | B>GG>A (3Bcd G>d | (3ege d>B G2 :|
(3fga |\
b2 a>f g>f (3fed | e>a-a>^g a>d=g>a | b>ga>f g>fe>d | e>^de>f g>=d (3fga |
b>ga>g b>g (3agf | e2 a>^g a2 =g>a | b2 (3c’ba g>ed>G | e>^de>f g2 |]

This one is very familiar, but I still haven’t pulled out a name ofr it yet. I’ll have to find some time to check notes and other sources, but I’ll be very happy if someone beats me to it…