Annotation:Peas on the Hearth
X:1 T:Pis air an iarta T:Peas on the Hob/Hearth M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Stanford/Petrie (1905, No. 1356, p. 339) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A EFE A2F|BAF A2E |EFE A2F|BAF F2E| EFE A2F|BAF A2d|cec d2B|cAF F2E|| efe d2B|BAF d2B|efe d2B|BAF F2E| efe d2c|BAF d3|EFE d2B|BAF F2E||
PEAS ON THE HEARTH (Pis ar an iarta). Irish, Jig (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Peas on the Hearth" is a member of a large tune family that includes "Bímíd ag Ól (1)," "Dance Light for My Heart Lies Under Your Feet," "Humors of Parteen (The)," "Humors of Purteen (The)," "Humors of Panteen (The)," "Whip the Cat from under the Table," "Foxy Mary," "Huish the Cat," "Gilibeart Mhac Fhlannchadha," "Bemthe Goal, Uis an Cat," "Drive the Cat from Under the Table." The first strain is shared with the jig "Rising Step (The)" in O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody (1922).
