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PEACOCK [3], THE. AKA and see "Burns Farewell," "Peacock's Feather (1)." English, March (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune also was entered into the music manuscript collections of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840) and fife player Thomas Nixon (Conn., 1776). Nixon's version is odd, and may be a 'second' or harmony.

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T:Peacock [3], The
M: 2/4
L:1/8
R:March
S:Thomas Nixon Jr./Joseph Long copybook (c. 1776-78, p. 73)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
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Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 2), 1785; p. 6, No. 17. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes vol. 4), 1808; p. 161.

Recorded sources:

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-'''PEACOCK [3], THE.''' AKA and see "[[Burns Farewell]]," "[[Peacock's Feather (1)]]." English, March (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune also was entered into the music manuscript collections of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverly, Cumbria, 1840) and fife player Thomas Nixon (Conn., 1776). Nixon's version is odd, and may be a 'second' or harmony.
+'''PEACOCK [3], THE.''' AKA and see "[[Burns Farewell]]," "[[Peacock's Feather (1)]]." English, March (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune also was entered into the music manuscript collections of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840) and fife player Thomas Nixon (Conn., 1776). Nixon's version is odd, and may be a 'second' or harmony.
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