Annotation:Peeler's Jacket (1)
X:1 T:Police Jacket, The T:Peeler's Jacket [1] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection, S:vol. 3, p. 111. Mid-19th century, County Cork F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=114&z=-5155.8953%2C0%2C18487.7906%2C6432 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d2 dA BAFA|d2 dA BAFA| ABde f2 (ed)|Beed Beef| d2 dA BAFA|d2 dA BAFA|ABde f2 (ed)|BdAG FD D2:| a2 (ag) f2 (fe)|defd B2A2|ABde f2 (ed)|Beed Beef| b2 ba f2 (fe)|defd B2A2|ABde f2 ed |BdAG FD D2:|
PEELER'S JACKET [1]. AKA - "Police Jacket (The)." AKA and see "Boys of the Lake (2)," "Collin's Reel (1)," "Corkonian," "Emminence Breakdown," "Ike Forrester's Reel (1)," "Merry Blacksmith (The)," "Paddy on the Railroad," "Peeler's Reel/Policeman's Reel," "Railroad (2) (The)," "Shepherd in the Gap (The)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. 'Peeler' was a slang term for a policeman in Ireland, a reference to Sir Robert Peel who originated the Irish police force in the mid-19th century. The tune appears in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection (vol. 3, p. 111) of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman under the title “The Police Jacket.”
