Annotation:Peacock's Feather (1)
X:1 T:Peacock, The T:Peacock's Feather [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:March S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin 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 [1], THE (Cleite na Péacóige). AKA – “Peacock (3) (The).” Irish, Hornpipe. D Dorian: E Minor (O’Farrell): A Dorian (Curtin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was printed in uilleann piper O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (vol. IV, 125, c. 1810) as a march under the title “The Peacock" but had earlier been printed by Glasglow publisher James Aird in his Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs. Since O'Farrell also published tunes from Great Britain as well as Ireland, the provenance of "The Peacock" is yet to be established. It is here listed as "The Peacock's Feather" to highlight developments of the tune in Irish repertory. "Peacock Feather" was also entered into the mid-19th century Sliabh Luachra music manuscript in the possession of D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork.
It is familiar as the source of the tune for the song "Parting Glass (The)." The tune was also recorded by the Tulla Ceili Band.
