Casey's Pig

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on March 20th 2005 by Will CPT.

This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.

Also known as Casey's Pig Highland Fling, The Duke Of Gordon's Birthday, The Duke Of Gordon's Strathspey, The Duke Of Gordon's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Cape Breton Tradition by Buddy MacMaster
• Ceol Caithr�imeach Na NGael[The Wild Music Of The Gael] by Na D�rsa
• First Through The Gate by Brian Conway
• House Sessions by Brenda Stubbert
• Journeyman by Gerry O'Connor
• Mike MacDougall's Tape For Father Hector by Mike MacDougall
• The Dusky Meadow by Donald MacLellan With Doug MacPhee
• The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume Two by Various Artists
• Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 2: The Rovers Return by Various Artists
• Within A Mile Of Dublin by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Paul McGrattan

X: 1
T: Casey's Pig
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|:[DG,]<[GG,]GD EDGB|dBgB A2 d2|D<GGD EDGD|E/F/G DB, G,2 G,2:|
|:gabg d2 df|gabg e2 ef|g<be<g d<gBG|1 AGAB [G2B2] [G2B2]:|2 AGAB G2 GE||

Casey's Pig

This tune is *not* a hornpipe, but a highland from Co. Fermanagh. I transcribed this setting from fiddler Gerry O'Connor's Journeyman cd.

Brian Conway also plays Casey's Pig on his First Through the Gate cd, as follows:

X:1
T: Casey's Pig
S: B. Conway, First Through the Gate
R: Highland
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
D<GGD EDG2|BdgB A2 A2 |{F}-G2 GD EDG2|E<GDB, G,2 G,>E|
D<GGD EDG2|BdgB {d}cBAB|G2 GD EDG2|E<GDB, G2 G2|
gabg d2 d2|gabg e_e=ef|gbeg dgB2|A_A=AB G2 G>B|
ga b/a/g d2 Bd|gabg [c2e2] [c2e]|g/b/g e/g/e dg B2|A_A=AB G2 GE||

On the e_e=e and A_A=A bits, Conway is using his fourth finger to hit all three notes--starting on the note, sliding it down slightly, then back up to "smear" the e and the A, respectively. Listen to the cd to get the proper feel.

# Posted on March 20th 2005 by Will CPT

I recorded Gerry O'Connor's beautiful playing of this tune from The Late Session some months ago. It's still in the archive and you can listen to it: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/thelatesession/rams/19december.ram (around 16:30) Paul O'Shaughnessy also recorded a lovely version of the tune on his duet album with Paul McGrattan.

# Posted on March 21st 2005 by slainte

Strathspey

This was originally “The Duke Of Gordon’s Birthday”, a very well-known Scottish strathspey.

# Posted on March 21st 2005 by Kenny

William Marshall

Composed by the great Scots fiddler/composer William Marshall in honor of the Duke of Gordon.

# Posted on June 4th 2005 by blarneystar

What a lovely little tune, Will, thanks.

# Posted on May 8th 2007 by Dow

Last Set, Last Tune

Video from Scoil Éigse Master Tutors’ concert at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2007. Casey's Pig is the last tune of the last set, you can skip the end. Lovely playing here.

http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_226_more_from_scoil_eigse_2007_full_programme

# Posted on October 2nd 2007 by SWFL Fiddler