Annotation:Miss Casey (2)
Back to Miss Casey (2)
MISS CASEY [2]. AKA – "Mrs. Casey," "Mistress Casey," "Madam Casey," "Madam Cassey." Scottish, Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A form of "Over the River to Charlie (1)." Gow noted that this tune was "one of the most fashionable dances in Edinburgh 1787–88." See also Annotation:Mrs. Casey for more.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Button and Whittaker (Pocket Collection of Favorite Marches, vol. 1), p. 64.
Cahusac (Pocket Companion for the German Flute, vol. 2), c. 1795–1800; p. 5.
Cahusac (German Flute Preceptor), c. 1794–1800; p. 26.
Gow (Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1788; p. 35.
JEFDS, 2nd Series, No. 2, p. 23.
Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3); No. 299.
Preston (Entire New and Compleat Instructions for the Fife), 1796, p. 22.
Wilson (A Companion to the Ballroom), 1816, p. 89.
Recorded sources:
Back to Miss Casey (2)