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"Kitty McGee", in Gaelic "Caitilin Ni Micaeda", also known as "Kitty Magee" or
"Katty Magee" is an Irish and New England
jig in D Major (most versions) or B Flat Major (Stanford/Petrie).
The parts are played. AB (Stanford/Petrie) or AABB (most versions).
The country dance "Picking Up Sticks" (also known as "Lavena") is a related melody. It was printed in Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983), S. Johnson's The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs (1982) (revised 1991, 2001), Levey's Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873) (appears as "Katty Magee"), Miller & Perron's New England Fiddlers Repertoire (1983), Krassen's O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1976), O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903), Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995), Sannella's Balance and Swing, Songer's Portland Collection (1997), Spadaro's 10 Cents a Dance (1980), Stanford/Petrie's Complete Collection (1905) and Sweet's Fifer's Delight (1964/1981). It was recorded by Fireside String Band on Square Dance Tunes for a Yankee Caller, Dudley Laufman on Swinging on a Gate and Arm and Hammer String Band on New England Contra Dance Music. |