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 Theme code Index    5332 5565
 Also known as    Peacock's Feather (1), Burns Farewell
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Scotland, Ireland
 Genre/Style    English, Irish, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Aird
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 6, No. 17
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1785
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Peacock (3) (The): Annotations



X:1
T:Peacock [3], The 
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Aird, Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II  (1785). 
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N:B minor, but one sharp in key sig. 
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 :|
X: 1
%
T: Peacock [3] (The)
N: O'Farrell's Pocket Companion v.4 (Sky ed. p.161)
N: "Irish"
% Close relative of "The Parting Glass"
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: 320
R: hornpipe
K: Em
B>A| G2E2E2 DE| G2G2A2 GA| B3c dcBA| G2E2D2 BA|
G2E2E2 D>E| G2G2A2 GA| B2e2 ecBA| G2E2E2 :|
z2| d3e dcBA| B2e2e2 fg| d3e dcBA| G2E2D2 BA|
G2E2E2 D>E| G2G2A2 GA| B2e2 dcBA| G2E2E2 :|
X:2
%
T:Peacock [3], The 
M:C
L:1/8
S:John Rook manuscript (Wigton, Cumbria, 1840)
N:B minor, but one sharp in sig. 
K:G
f>e|d2B2B2 AB|d2d2 e2 de|f2f2 fgfe|d2B2B2:|
|:fg|a2a2 a2 gf|b2a2a2 gf|g2f2e2d2|a2A2A2 fe|
d2B2B2AB|d2d2e2 de|f2f2 fgfe|d2B2B2:|]

Peacock (3) (The): Annotations