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X:1
T:Flannel Jacket [1], The
T:Peeler's Jacket [2], The
M:C
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 584
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
GF | D2 BG DGBG | FGAB c2 Bc | defe dcde | fdcA BGAF |
D2 BG DGBG | FGAB c2 Bc | defe dcde | fdcA G2 || de |
gfge d2 ef | gfga bgaf | gfge d2 eg | fdcA BG Gd |
gfge d2 ef | gfga bgaf | gbag fdde | fdcA G2 ||
FLANNEL JACKET [1], THE. AKA and see "Peeler's Jacket (2)," "Peeler's Cap (1) (The)," "Hibernia's Pride," "Reel de Camillien." Irish (originally), American; Reel. Ireland, county Limerick. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Allan's, Ford, Robbins): AA'B (O'Neill): AB (Bayard, Joyce, Roche). Bayard (1981) thinks it is Irish in origin, and certainly it appears in Irish sources first. Petrie (1855) gives a note saying it is no older than the 18th century. Joyce (1873) remarks "this was a favourite dance tune, twenty-five or thirty years ago in the county Limerick, where I learned it from constantly hearing it played by fiddlers and pipers. I also heard it often called by the name of 'The Peeler's Jacket'." Cape Breton fiddler Johnny Wilmot recorded the tune in the 1960's.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Walter Neal (Armstrong County, Pa., 1952) [Bayard]; "From P. Carew's MS" [Stanford/Petrie].
Printed sources : - Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 229, pp. 189–190. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pp. 28 (2nd tune), 32 (7th tune) & 43 (2nd tune). Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 29. Harding's Original Collection, 1928; No. 78. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873; No. 6, pp. 6–7. McDermott (Allan's Irish Fiddler), c, 1920's; No. 63, p. 16. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1184, p. 223. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 279, p. 141. Petrie (Ancient Music of Ireland, vol. 2), 1855; p. 39. Robbins (Collection of 200 Jigs, Reels, and Country Dances), 1933; No. 117, p. 37. Robbins Music Corp. (The Robbins collection of 200 jigs, reels and country dances), New York, 1933; No. 117, p. 37. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 1) 1912; No. 141, p. 57. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; Nos. 584 & 893, pgs. 147 & 226, respectively.
Recorded sources : - Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster – "My Roots Are Showing" (2000).
See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [3]
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