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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 

PEA PATCH JIG. AKA and see "Mechanics' Hall Jig." American, Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Composed by Ohio (minstrel) Dan Emmett in 1845. A 'jig' was an old‑time name for a kind of syncopated banjo tune, likely derived from the usage of ‘jig’ as a generic dance, or, just possibly, as a derogatory association with African-American dancing. These kinds of ‘jig’ tunes, prevalent in the Howe/Ryan publications and similar mid-19th century volumes, have nothing to do with the Irish 6/8 jig, for these tunes were always in 2/4 time. Howe categorizes the melody as a schottische. See note for “Camp Meeting [1]” for a sketch of Emmett. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 82. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 53. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 114.

X:1

T:Pea Patch Jig

M:2/4

L:1/8

C:Dan Emmett

R:Schottische

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

E |: (3A/A/A/A z/A/G/B/ | z/A/d/f/ e2 | (3f/f/f/f z/e/d/e/ |1 z/c/d/B/ A/F/E/D/ :|2

z/c/d/B/ AA, |: z/A/G/E/ C/A,/z | z/A/G/E/ C/A,/z | z/A/G/E/ C/D/E/F/ |

^G/E/F/D/ C/A,/z/A2 :: _B2A, z/ A,2 | z/A/F/D/ C/A,/z/ A,2 | _B2 A, z/ A,2 |

z/A/F/D/ C/A,/z/ A,2 | A/^g/{b}a/e/ c/A/B/^G/ | A/^g/{b}a/e/ c/A/B/^G/ |

A/f/{a}g/e/ d/B/G/B/ | A/f/{a}g/e/ d/B/G/B/ :: A/a/(3a/a/a/ c/a/B/a/ |

A/a/(3a/a/a/ c/a/B/a/ | A/g/(3g/g/g/ d/g/B/g/ | A/g/(3g/g/g/ d/g/B/g/ :|

                       

PEA SOUP (La soupe aux pois). AKA and see "Woodchopper's Reel."

                       

PEA STRAW. AKA and see "Pease Strae," "Clean Pea(se) Straw/Strae."

                       

PEACE. Scottish, Strathspey. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Lord Balanden. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1989; No. 203.

                       

PEACE OF THE VALLEY, THE (Suaimneas Na Gleanna). Irish, Air (4/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AB. A composition by Balfe. O’Neill was criticized by some in the traditional circle for his inclusion of several of Balfe’s compositions in his Music of Ireland, on the grounds that “Balfe’s music...was not Irish at all, even if he was.” O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 497, pg. 87.

X:1

T:Peace of the Valley, The

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 497

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

zG|G2 A>G GEGc|e6 e2|e2 d>c B2 d>G|c4 z2||G>A|B2 c>B B2 {d}c>B|

e2 g2 (3g^fe (3edc|c B2 Gc B2A|G4 z2 zG|G2 A>G GEGc|e2 dc f2 ga|

G2 c>d c B2 G|(g4 g)f/e/ d/c/B/A/|_A2 G2 e{f/e/}dfe|c4 z2||

                       

PEACE RIVER BREAKDOWN, THE. Canadian, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Ernest Couvrette. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 16, pg. 17. Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Bob McQuillen & Old New England – “Choose Your Partners!: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire” (1999).

           

PEACEMAKER('S HORNPIPE), THE {An Siocantaide/Siotadoir}. AKA and see "Ryth Wyth." English, Irish; Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy, Vol. 1, 1951; No. 2, pg. 1. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 189. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1666, pg. 310. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 880, pg. 152. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes) 1984; pg. 159.

X:1

T:Peacemaker, The

M:C|

L:1/8
R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 880

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

A2|GBdB cBAG|cBcd c2 BA|GBdB cBAG|d2DD D2D2|

GBdB cBAG|cBcd efge|dedc BGAF|G2G2G2:|

|:d2|gfga gfed|cBcd c2c2|agab agfe|f2 dd d2 ef|

gfga gfed|cBcd efge|dedc BGAF|G2G2G2:|

                       

PEACH BLOSSOM HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. "Can be used as a Clog,” notes Ryan. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 99. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 135. Green Linnet SIF 3067, Jack and Charlie Coen – “The Branch Line” (1992. Reissue of Topic 12TS337). Topic 12TS337, Jack and Charlie Coen – “The Branch Line” (1977). 

X:1

T:Peach Blossom Hornpipe

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

(cB) | A>cf>a (3gab (eg) | (3fga (fc) A>cA>F | E>FG>A B>cd>B | c>AG>F E>G(cB) |

A>cf>a (3gab (eg) | (3fga (fc) A<cA>F | B>dc>B A>GF>E | F2A2F2 :: (AB) |

B>AG>F E>Gc>B | A>cf>c a>cf>c | B>AG>F E>Gc>B | A>cB>d c2 (BA) |

d>Bb>a g>fe>d | c>Ad>c B>AG>F | E>dc>B A>GF>E | F2A2F2 :|

                       

PEACH BLOSSOMS, THE. Irish, Barndance (cut time). D Major. Standard. AABBCC. The tune was recorded in New York in 1935 by the famous fiddler James Morrison (1893-1947), known as “The Professor” because of his concentration on teaching, although he also recorded many times in the years between 1921 and 1936. Morrison was born in Lackagh, Drumfin, County Sligo. Source for notated version: Paddy Ryan [Treoir]. Treoir, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2000; pg. 22. Green Linnet SIF 1150, “The Moving Cloud.”

X:1

T:Peach Blossoms, The

L:1/8

M:C|

R:Barndance

S:Treoir

K:D

A2|Adfd Adfd|B2 g2 g2 ed|ceae cea^g|b2a2a2 AG|

Adfd Adfd|B2 =g2 g2 ed|ceba ^ga=ge|d2 d2 d2:|

|:A2|(3AAA A2 Bcde|fdAF A2A2|cBGE c2c2|bafd A2A2|

(3AAA A2 Bcde|fdAF A2A2|dcBc dgfe|d2 d2 d2:|

|:^dc|BDGB dgbg|a2 e2 e2 ag|(3fgf c2 c2 fe|d2 B2 B2 dc|

BDGB dgbg|a2 e2 e2 ag|fdcA dcAF|G2 G2 G2:|

                       

PEACH TREE LIMB. AKA and see "Flop-Eared Mule [1]."

                       

PEACHES AND CREAM. AKA - "Peaches and Honey." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Texas. D Major. Standard. AABB. Similar to "Levantine's Barrel" and "Bummer's Reel [1]". Source for notated version: Benny Thomasson & Pete Martin (Texas) [Phillips]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, Vol. 2), 1984; pg. 54 (taken from an old 78 RPM). Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes. Vol. 1), 1994; pg. 182.

 

PEACHES AND HONEY. AKA and see "Peaches and Cream."

 

PEACOCK [1], THE. AKA and see "Sweet Coothill Town."

 


PEACOCK [2], THE. See “The Peacock’s Feather [1].” Irish, March.

 

PEACOCK [3], THE. English (?), March (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Aird (Selections), vol. 2, c. 1786; Pg. 6, No. 17.

X:1

T:Peacock, The [3]

M:C|

L:1/8

S:Aird, vol. II

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

fe | d2B2B2 AB | d2d2e2 de | f2f2 fgfe | d2B2B2 :|

|: fg | a2a2 a2 gf | b2a2 a2 gf | g2f2e2d2 | a2 A2A2 fe |

d2B2B2 AB | d2d2e2 de | f2f2 fgfe | d2B2 B2 :|

 

PEACOCK FOLLOWED/FOLLOWS THE HEN, THE. AKA and see “Brose and Butter,” "Cuddle Me, Cuddy," "Brose and Butter," "Mad Moll [1],” “Up and Down Again,” "The Virgin Queen," "Yellow Stockings." English; Jig (9/8 time), Old Hornpipe, and Air. England, Northumberland. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB (Bruce & Stokoe): AABBCCDDEEFFGG (Peacock). "This tune has been claimed as Scottish, and has appeared in the collections of that country under the title of 'Brose and Butter', but in reality it is one of the old English bagpipe hornpipes of the kind so plentiful in the 17th century and in the former part of the 18th. The earliest copy of the tune we have been able to discover is in Playford's Dancing Master, part II, of the edition of 1698, where it appears under the name of 'Mad Moll'; it is nearly identical with our pipe tune as above noted. A slightly different version of the tune was also known by the names of 'Yellow Stockings' and 'The Virgin Queen'‑‑the latter title seeming to identify it with Queen Elizabeth, as the name of Mad Moll does with her sister Queen Mary, who was said to be subject to fits of mental aberration. The words of 'The Virgin Queen' or of 'Mad Moll' are not known to exist, but they probably consisted of some fulsome panegyric on Queen Elizabeth at the expense of her (un)fortunate sister. Allen Ramsey, in his Tea Table Miscellany, published in 1740, printed Dean Swift's song of 'Oh! My Kitten, My Kitten!' to the second version of this tune, and called it 'Yellow Stockings.' This, so far as we have been able to trace, is the first appearance of the air in a Scottish publication. Upwards of half a century later it attained great popularity in that country under the name of 'Brose and Butter', as before mentioned" (Stokoe). It appears in Northumberland musician William Vickers’ 1770-72 music manuscript under the title “Cuddle Me, Cuddy.” The following lyrics, fairly suggestive, appear in Joseph Cawhall’s A Beuk o’ Newcassel Sangs (1888):

***

A’ the neet ower an’ ower,         neet = night

An’ a’ the neet ower agyen—

A’ the neet ower an’ ower,

The peacock followed the hen.

A Hen’s a hungerie dish,

A geusse is hollow within;             geusse = goose

There’s nee deceit iv a puddin’;    ‘no deceit in a pudding’

A pye’s a dainty thing.

***

Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pgs. 152‑153. Peacock (Peacock’s Tunes), 1980; No. 46, pg. 21. Front Hall FHR‑08, Alistair Anderson ‑ "Traditional Tunes" (1976).

X:1

T:Peacock Followed the Hen

T:Cuddle Me, Cuddy

M:9/8

L:1/8

S: Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy  (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Dorian

c>de cAA cAA|c>de cAA B2G|c>de cAA cAA|B>cd dgd B2G:|

c>de gee gee|c>de gee f2d|c>de gee gee|B>cd dgd B2G:|

           

PEACOCK JIGG. English, Jig. E Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The melody appears in Walsh’s third collection of Lancashire tunes (Lancashire Jiggs, Hornpipes, Joaks, etc.) published around the year 1730.

X:1

T:Peacock Jigg

B:Walsh

M:6/4

L:1/8

K:E

E6 G4 A2| B2 G2 E2 e4 B2| cd e2 c2 B2 AGFE| F6 B,6| E6 G4 A2|\

B2 G2 E2 e4 d2| cd e2 c2 f2 d2 B2| e6 E6::\

g6 e2 dc B2| e6 e4 B2| cd e2 c2 B2 AGFE| F6 B,4 fg |a6 e6| fg agfe d4 B2|\

cd e2 c2 f2 d2 B2 e6 E6:|

                       


PEACOCK RAG. AKA and see "Starlight Clog," "Nightingale (Clog) [2]," "The Mason‑Dixon Schottische," "Parkersburg Landing," "Limber Neck Blues." Old‑Time, Bluegrass; Country Blues or Rag. D Major. Standard tuning. One part (Lowinger): AABB (Brody, Christeson, Phillips): AA’BB’ (Silberberg). Popularized by, and often ascribed to, Arthur Smith (Tenn.) {1929‑30}. The tune may have been a turn of the century ragtime composition which made its way into the old‑timey repertoire (Charles Wolfe/B. Poss). East Kentucky fiddler Ed Hayley knew the tune as "Parkersburg Landing," while Mississippi musicians Narmour and Smith recorded it as "Limber Neck Blues." Sources for notated versions: Chubby Wise [Brody]: Gus Vandergriff (Pulaski County, Missouri) [Christeson]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 215. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 152. Lowinger (Bluegrass Fiddle), 1974; pg. 24. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 97. Silberberg (93 Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 34. American Heritage 1, Herman Johnson‑ "Champion Fiddling." County 547, Arthur Smith‑ "Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and His Dixie‑Liners, vol. 2" (1978). Gusto 104, Chubby Wise‑ "30 Fiddler's Greatest Hits."

See also listing at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

           

PEACOCK'S FANCY [1]. AKA and see "Footy," “Footy Agyen the Wa’.” English, Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. "Although not originally written for the small pipes, this tune owes its celebrity with pipers to the circumstances that it was a great favourite with John Peacock and the later players. The song of 'Footy', which is sung to it, was better adapted to the tastes of a ruder age than to those of the present time" (Bruce & Stokoe). John Peacock was a legendary Northumbrian piper, credited with extending the range of the instrument through the innovation of adding keys to the plain chanter. Although renowned in his time, Peacock fell on hard times toward the end of his life, and had to rely on the generosity of others in the piping community. "…Peacock (was a) celebrated Northumbrian piper, who came to Newcastle originally from Morpeth, and was perhaps the best small‑pipes player who lived, although not a scientific performer. He was one of the Incorporated Company of Town Waits in Newcastle, and in 1805 in conjunction with William Wright, published a small oblong book of Tunes for the Northumbrian Small Pipes, of which only two or three copies are now known to exist" (Bruce & Stokoe). Peacock lived from 1754(or 6) to 1817 and was taught by William Lamshaw at a time when the smallpipes were just beginning to decline in popluarity. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 175. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 117.

X:1

T:Peacock’s Fancy

L:1/8

M:6/8

S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy  (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|G3 B2G|c2A B2G|c2A Acd|(e3 e2)f|g2e f2d|B2d g2e| DBG A2G|(E3 E2):|

|:f|g2f efg|a2f d2f|g2e faf|(e3 e2)f|g2e f2d|B2d g2e| dBG A2G|(E3 E2):|

 

PEACOCK’S FANCY [2]. Scottish, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (Cape Breton), who had the tune from Koehler’s Violin Repository [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; pg. 2.

           

PEACOCK'S FEATHER [1], THE (Cleite na Péacóige). AKA – “The Peacock.” Irish, Hornpipe. D Dorian: E Minor (O’Farrell). Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was printed in O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (IV, 125, c. 1810) as a march under the title “The Peacock.” The tune was recorded by the Tulla Ceili Band. Source for notated version: fiddler Frankie Gavin (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 287, pg. 154. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 218, pg. 100. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; pg. 125 (appears as “The Peacock”). Shanachie Records 29008, Frankie Gavin ‑ "Traditional Music of Ireland" (1977). Shanachie Records 34009, Frankie Gavin & Alex Finn.

X:1

T:The Peacock's Feather

C:Trad

R:Reel

M:C

K:EDor

L:1/8

BA | GEFD E2 EF | GFGB A2 GA | Beed edBA |1 G2 B,C D2 BA :|2 G2 F2 E2 Bc |

d3 B e4 | edB^G A2 Bd | d2 Be edBA | G2 B,C D2 BA |

GEFD E2 EF | GFGB A2 GA | Beed edBA | G2 E2 E2 ||

X:2

T: Peacock's Feather [1]

S: De Danann

Q: 325

R: hornpipe

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: Ddor

AG | F2 E2 D2 DE | FGFA G2 FG | Adde dcAG | FDA,B, C2 AG |

F2 E2 D2 DE | FGFA G2 FG | Adde dcAG | FDEC D2 :|

AB | c2 cA d2 dA | dca^f G2 FG | adde dcAG | FDA,B, C2 AG |

F2 E2 D2 DE | FGFA G2 FG | Adde dcAG | FDEC D2 :|

X:3

T:Peacock, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:March

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810) 

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

B>A | G2E2E2 DE | G2G2A2 GA | B3c dcBA | G2E2D2 BA | G2E2E2 D>E |

G2G2A2 GA | B2e2 dcBA | G2E2E2 :: d3e dcBA | B2e2e2 fg | d3e dcBA |

G2E2D2 BA | G2E2E2 D>E | G2G2A2 GA | B2e2 dcBA | G2E2E2 :|

 

PEACOCK'S FEATHER [2], THE (Cleite na Péacóige). Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB (Breathnach): AA’BB’ (Black, Harker/Rafferty). Black identifies this as an East Galway tune,, recorded by the band De Danann. However, Caoimhin Mac Aoidh attributes it to Joe Holmes of County Antrim, a singer and fiddler who brought the tune to Galway in the early 1970’s. It seems that Holmes and a young Len Graham would travel to stay with friends, the Keanes of Caherlistrane, and introduced the tune on one of his visits. Sources for notated versions: fiddler Frankie Gavin (Ireland) [Breathnach]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 286, pg. 154. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 219, pg. 100. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 253, pg. 78. Old Bridge Music OBM 07, Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman - "The Living Wood” (where they note it is associated with Joe Holmes). Shanachie Records 29008, Frankie Gavin ‑ "Traditional Music of Ireland" (1977). Shanachie Records 34009, Frankie Gavin & Alex Finn (1977).

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T: Peacock's Feather [2]

S: De Danann

Q: 325

R: hornpipe

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: D

DE | FEED A2 AB | defd B2 ef | gefd edBd | AFDF E2 DE |

FEED A2 AB | defd B2 ef | gefd edBd |1 AFDF D2 :|2 Adaf de ||

fg | afge fdec | defd (3BcB ef | gefd edBd | AFDF E2 DE |

FEED A2 AB | defd B2 ef | gefd edBd |1 Adaf de :|2 AFEF D4 ||

 

PEACOCK’S FEATHER [3], THE (Cleite na Péacóige). AKA and see “House in the Glen [1].” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. “House in the Glen” is a related tune. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 125, pgs. 72-73. Gael-Linn CEF132, Johnny O’Leary - “An Calmfhear/The Trooper” (1989).

 

PEACOCK FEATHERS [4].  English, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, dated 1821 (a photocopy in the ed. possession). Unfortunately nothing is know of Burks, although he may have been from the north of England.

X:1

T:Peacock Feathers [4]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:John Burks’ music manuscript, dated 1821

N:The ‘B’ part is only 7 measures long in the ms., with a 4th

N:and 5th measure collapsed into one.

N:A reconstructed ‘B’ part from the 4th measure on might go:

N:…|FGAF D2 dc|Bdcd BcAc|GBdg edcB|Agdc BGAF|G2G2G2:|

K:G

df|g2 (dB) GABA|FGAF DEDC|B,DGB Aced|cBAG FA Df|g2 dB GABG|

FGAF DEDC|B,DGB cdec|BGAF G2G2::dc|Bdcd BcAc|GBdg edcB|

cded cBAG|D2 dc BdBd|GBcg edcB|Agdc BGAF|G2G2G2:|

           

PEACOCK’S MARCH. English, March (4/4 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. John Peacock was a famous Northumbrian piper and composer of tunes at the turn of the 19th century (see note for “Peacock’s Fancy [1]”). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 180. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 174.

X:1

T:Peacock’s March

M:C

L:1/8

R:March

S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(de/f/)|g2 d>d d2 B>A|B2 G>G G2 AB|cBAG edcB|A>GA>G A2 (de/f/)|

g2 d>d d2 B>A|B2 G>G G2A2|Bd de/c/ B2A2|G2 G>G G2:|

|:d>B|A2 A>A AGAB|cB cd/e/ d2 c2|A/G/A/B/ c/d/e/f/ gdBG|A2 A>A A2dB|

BGBd cAce|de/f/ ge d2c2|Bdec BdcA|G2 G>G G2:|

                       


PEACOCK’S TUNE. English (originally), Scottish, Air (6/8 or 3/4 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. "This march ("Peacock's March") and air were both the composition of John Peacock, the celebrated Northumbrian piper, who came to Newcastle originally from Morpeth, and was perhaps the best small‑pipes player who lived, although not a scientific performer. He was one of the Incorporated Company of Town Waits in Newcastle, and in 1805 in conjunction with William Wright, published a small oblong book of Tunes for the Northumbrian Small Pipes, of which only two or three copies are now known to exist" (Bruce & Stokoe). Peacock lived from 1754(or 6) to 1817 and was taught by William Lamshaw at a time when the smallpipes were just beginning to decline in popluarity. Peacock helped to modernize the instrument, commissioning a set of pipes with four keys from maker John Dunn. Lerwick (Kilted Fiddler), 1985; pg. 58. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 174.

X:1

T:Peacock’s Tune

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B/c/|d>ed d>cB|gfg d2 B/c/|d>ed dcB|AAA A2 B/c/|

d>ed d>cB|gfg d2c|Bcd BcA|GGG G2:|

|:G/A/|BAB cBc|dcd ede|fef gdB|AAA A2 d/c/|

BAB cBc|def g2 f/e/|dec BcA|GGG G2:|

           

PEADER FITZPATRICK’S REEL. AKA and see “The Leitrim Bucks,” “The Leitrim Gregg’s Pipes.” Irish, Reel. Peader Fitzpatrick was a well-known County Leitrim fiddler.

           

PEADER O’RIADA’S JIG. Irish, Double Jig. Composed by Peader O’Riada.

           

PEADER’S NEW CALF. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black, in honor of a West Clare flute player who left a session Black was playing in to return home to attend the birthing, only to return later. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 346, pg. 184.

X:1

T: Peadar's New Calf

C: © B. Black

Q: 350

R: reel

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: D

D | FAdc BF (3FEF | GBAF ED (3DED | CEGE FAde | fagf e2 de |

fdBd AF (3FEF | GBAF EDCB, | A,CEG FAdB | AFEF D3 :|

e | fdBd bafe | dB (3BAB dBAB | dfaf bfag | fage d2 de |

fdBd AF (3FEF | GBdB AF (3FEF | afge fdBd | AFEF D3 :|

           

PEADAR’S REEL.  AKA and see “Boil the Breakfast Early.” Irish, Reel. G Major (‘A’ part) & D Mixolydian (‘B’ and ‘C’ parts). Standard tuning. AABC. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 229, pg. 140. Tradition/Everest 2120, Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band – “Irish Traditional Fiddle Music.”

 

PEAIDÍ A’ CHLÁIR. AKA and see “Paddy from Clare.”

           

PEAIDÍ SPÓRTÚIL. AKA and see “Sporting Paddy.”

                       

PEAL WEDDING, THE. English. England, Northumberland. A modern composition by Northumbrian fiddler Willie Taylor, well-known among Northumbrian musicians.

           

PEAR TREE HORNPIPE. Scottish, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is attributed to Tyneside fiddler and composer James Hill, in Kohler’s Violin Repository (Edinburgh, 1881-1885). Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 50.

X:1

T:The Pear Tree

R:hornpipe

C:James Hill

Z:Kohler's Violin Repository

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:F

C2|F(Ac)(B A)(cf)(a|g)beg afcB|AfcA GdBG|EFGE C2C2|

F(Ac)(BA)(cf)(a|g)beg afcB|AfcA GdBE|G2F2F2:|

(fg)|a(^g af) cfAf|dfcf dfcf|a(^gaf) cdef|{a}=g^fga g2(=fg)|

a(^g af) cfAf|dfcf dfcf|(de)fd (ef)ge|f2a2f2:|

           

PEARL OF THE FAIR POLE OF HAIR. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 624, pg. 157.

X:1

T:Pearl of the fair pole of hair
M:3/4
L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 624

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

_d2 cB ce | c2 BA ce | B2 AG (3GFE | F2 EE E2 | _d2 cB ce | c2 BA ce |

B2 AG (3GFE | F2 EE E2 || E2 GB ARF | F2 EE E2 | _d2 cB (3cBG |

F2 GB B>c | _d2 cB (3cBG | B>A GF Ee | e2 B>A (3GFE | F2 EE E2 ||

           

PEARL OF THE FLOWING TRESSES, THE (Pearla na Gruaige Scaoilte). AKA ‑ "Pearla Na Gruaige Scaoilte.” Irish, "Rather Slow" Air (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 284, pg. 49.

X:1

T:Pearl of the flowing tresses, The
M:3/4
L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Rather slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 284

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D2 | G2G2 (G>A) | G4 fd | c2A2 A>G | F4 GA | B2B2 A>G | ^F2G2 c>A |

A2G2G2 | G4 || d2 | g2g2g2 | a4 g2 | (gf) (dc) (d=e) | f4 g/f/d/>c/ | B2B2 AG |

^F2G2 (c>A) | A2 G2G2 | G4 ||

           

PEARL OF THE IRISH NATION [1]. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 29, pg. 8.

 


PEARL OF THE IRISH NATION [2]. Irish, Air and Song Tune (6/8 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. "There is a song to this air written by Patrick O'Kelly, a wandering peasant poet of the beginning of the last century, who discloses his name in the last verse: a custom found in other songs" (Joyce). The song begins:
***

Though many there be that daily I see,

Of virtuous beautiful creatures,

With red rosy cheeks and ruby lips,

And likewise comely features:

Yet there is none abroad or at home,

In country or town or plantation,

That can be compared to this maiden fair—

The Pearl of th’ Irish Nation.

***

Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 45, pg. 25.

X:1

T:Pearl of the Irish Nation [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Mix

G/E/|DEG A2A|A<dc B2G|EAG EDE|G3 E2D|DEG A2 A|Adc B2G|EAG EDE|D3 D2||

B|cBc d2d|dBA B2G|GBd dBA|B3 d2D|DEG A2A|A<dc B2G|EAG EDE|D3 D2||

           

PEARL OF THE WHITE BREAST [1]. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. One part. "Different from the two airs of the same name in Petrie and Bunting" (Joyce). Source for notated version: "Copied from a MS. collection lent Mr. Pigot by James Hardiman, the historian of Galway and editor of Hardiman's Irish Minstrelsy" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 752, pg. 371.

 

PEARL OF THE WHITE BREAST [2] (Pearla na m-Brollac Baine). AKA ‑ "Pearla Na‑M‑Brollac Baine." AKA and see "Snowy‑Breasted Pearl." Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Stanford/Petrie): AAB (O’Neill). The tune was recorded (as "Pearla an Vroley Vaun") by the Belfast Northern Star of July 15, 1792, as having been played in competition by one of ten Irish harp masters at the last great convocation of ancient Irish harpers, the Belfast Harp Festival, held that week. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 511, pg. 89. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 623, pg. 156.

X:1

T:Pearl of the White Breast [2]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow with feeling”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 511

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

cd/e/|f>e dc f3d|cAGF G2 AB|c2 AF BA G>F|F6:|

cB|Acdf e3c|fe d>c c3c|defa gfed|c6||

           

PEARL POLKA, THE. English, Polka. G Major. Standard. AABBCC. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 55.

           

PEARL O’SHAUGHNESSY’S BARNDANCES. Irish, Barndances. Two tunes, the first in four parts, though in Donegal it is often played as two separate barndances, according to Maire O’Keeffe. Fiddler Pearl O’Shaughnessy is the mother of Irish musician Paul O’Shaungnessy, and, as a nameless tune picked up from her playing, it became associated with her and gained her name. The tunes were recorded on a 78 RPM in 1946 by Danny O’Donnell, simply called “Irish Barn Dance.” The ‘A’ part of the tune appears Dave Townsend’s Second Collection of English Country Dance Tunes (1983) as the ‘A’ part of “Fred Pigeon’s No. 2.” Spin CD1001, Eoghan O’Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae - “The Smoky Chimney” (1996. Learned from Tralee fiddler Maire O’Keeffe, who had them from Pearl O’Shaunghnessy, of Donegal and Scottish origins).

X:1

T:Pearl O’Shaughnessy’s Barndances

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

Bc|d2 G2 G2 AB|c2 E2 E2 G2|FGAB cBAc|e2 d2 dcBc|

X:2

T:Pearl O’Shaughnessy’s Barndances

S:Danny O'Donnell

Z:Juergen.Gier@post.rwth-aachen.de

L:1/8

M:C|

K:D

df|a2a2 a^gba|f2f2 fedf|a2g2 e2c2|b2a2 fedf|\

a2a2 a^gba|f2f2 fedf|a2g2 e2ce|d2d2 d2::ag|\

f<ad2 dfaf|g<be2 e2gf|edcB Acfe|dAce b2ag|\

f<ad2 dfaf|g<be2 e2gf|(3ege cB Acfe|d2d2 d2:|

Bc|dBed B2g2|fege c3d|f2ed f2ed|B2A2 B2Bc|\

dBed B2g2|fege c3d|f2ed ^cdef|g2b2 g2:|

|:dg|b2b2 bd'c'b|a2e2 e2ag|f2ed f2ed|B2A2 B2Bg|\

b2b2 bd'c'b|a2e2 e2ag|f2ed ^cdef|g2b2 g2:|

           

PEARL QUADRILLE. American, Quadrille. The tune was recorded for Edison in 1924 by Ohio fiddler John Baltzell, but was unissued.

           

PEARL WEDDING. English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the highly respected Borders fiddler Willy Taylor (d. 2000). Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 45.

                       

PÉARLA AN ACHAIDH MHÓIR. AKA and see "Pride of Ahamore."

           

PÉARLA AN BHROLLAIGH BHAIN. AKA and see "The Pearl of the White Breast," "Snowy-Breasted Pearl." Irish.

           

PÉARLA NA gCLUAINTE. AKA and see "The Pride of Cloontia."

           

PEARLY DEW. Old‑Time. USA, Ky. Recorded Anthology of American Music, 1978, Pete Steele (Ky.) ‑ "Traditional Southern Instrumental Styles."

           

PEARSON’S CLOG. Candian, Clog. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source for notated version: fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin]. Begin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 17, pg. 30.

           


PEAS AND BEANS. Scottish. There is an anecdote, given first by John Glen (1895) {and repeated by Alburger in 1983}, which relates a story of the famous Scots fiddler Niel Gow, who had stopped into the Princes Street (Edinburgh) music shop of one Penson and Robertson in 1793. He had been looking for a bow and tried several, but nothing suited him. "Then he noticed a copy of "Peas and Beans," which he had just published, on the counter. The shopkeeper saw him pick it up and said, 'If you play that over without a pause or mistake, I will make you a present of the bow'. Niel played, and the man was astonished at his skill, saying, 'You must have seen that piece before!' 'To be shoore,' said Niel, 'I saw it fifty times when I was making it,'" and bow in hand he walked briskly out of the store. Unfortunately the story is not true. The composition was not Niel's but his son Nathaniel's and was not published in the former's lifetime, and there was no music‑seller in Princes Street in 1793; aside, as Alburger says, the possibility that an Edinburgh music‑seller would not recognize the famous Niel Gow.

                       

PEAS AND CORNBREAD. AKA and see "Rocky Pallet."

                       

PEAS IN A POD [1]. Irish, Reel. Composed by County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream), 23.

 

PEAS IN THE POD [2]. AKA and see "Peas in the Pot," "Piece in the Pot."

                       

PEAS IN THE POT. AKA and see "Piece in the Pot," "Peas in the Pod." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'B. Source for notated version: Clyde Davenport (Ky.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 182.

           

PEAS ON THE HEARTH (Pis ar an Iarta). AKA and see "Dance Light for My Heart Lies Under Your Feet," "The Humours of Parteen/Purteen/Panteen," "Whip the Cat from Under the Table," "Foxy Mary," "Huish the Cat," "Bimid ag Ol [1]," "Gilibeart Mhac Fhlannchadha," "Pis ar an Iarta," "Bemthe goal."  See note for “Jackson’s Humours of Panteen.”

           

PEAS UPON A TRENCHER. See "Pease Upon a Trencher."

           

PEASANT'S DANCE. American, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The title is in quotes in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, usually denoting that it came from a stage play, opera, ballet or simil