Annotation:Peacock's Feathers (4)
X:1 T:Peacock Feathers [4] M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the N:mid-20th cent. 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:| Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion 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 FEATHERS [4]. AKA and see "Peacock's Fancy (2)." English, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, dated 1821 (a photocopy in the ed. possession). Unfortunately nothing is known of Burks, although his ms. has an English provenance. The same tune, set in the key of 'A' major, was published by Laybourn in Köhler’s Violin Repository vol. 2 (1881-1885, p. 116) as "Peacock's Fancy (2)."
