Annotation:Peeler's Jacket (3)
X:1 T:Peeler’s Jacket [3], The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2 (1859, No. 126, p. 58) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G (3D/E/F/|G{A}G/F/ G/A/B/c/|de/c/ d/B/A/(c/|B/)E/(E/D/) (E/F/)G/A/|B/(G/A/)(F/ G/)F/E/D/| D/G/{A}G/F/ G/A/B/c/|de/c/ d/(B/A/)c/|B/E/{F}E/D/ E/F/G/A/|B/(c/A/)(F/ G):| |:B|(B/e/){f}e/d/ (e>f)|g/(e/a/)(f/ g/)(f/e/)d/|(B/d/)d/e/ (d>e)|g/(e/a/)(f/ g/)(f/e/)d/| B/e/{f}e/d/ e>f|g/(e/a/)(f/ g/)(f/e/)d/|B/E/{F}E/D/ E/F/G/A/|B/(c/A/)(F/ G):|]
PEELER'S JACKET [3]. AKA and see "Bowl of Coffee (The)," "Oh My Foot," "Where's My Other Foot," "Temperance Reel," "Teetotaler's Reel." Irish, American; Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. This tune is better-known as “Temperance Reel.” Howe (c. 1867) prints directions to a contra-dance set to the tune, and includes it in a section of tunes sourced to Jimmy Norton, the “Boss Jig Player.” Presumably Norton was a band-leader or principal instrumentalist in the Boston, Massachusetts, area in the mid-19th century, although no information has been unearthed about him to date. The tune was entered as an untitled reel (Grier No. 150) into Book 2 of the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim fiddler and piper biography:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894).
