Annotation:Angry Peeler (The)

ANGRY PEELER, THE. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A 'peeler' was, and still sometimes is, a slang term for a policeman in the British Isles, and in America until about 1890. See also the related "Fardown Farmer (The)" in O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903). "Joe Cooley's Jig" and "Boys of Thomastown" also appear to share related melodic material.

Source for notated version: piper Seosamh Breathnach (Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 3, p. 4 (appears as "Carraig an tSiop"). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 59. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1041, p. 195. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; p. 56.