Peeler's Jacket - irishtune.info

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	32	AABB	G Major

Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.

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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
1940	1#3	[SE 6] Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal. Séamus Ennis (pipes, vocals). For this tune: (pipes).
1974	4#2	[RF] Miko, Pakie and Gussie Russell. The Russell Family of Doolin, County Clare. Miko Russell (whistle, flute, vocals), Gussie Russell (whistle), Pakie Russell (concertina). For this tune: Miko (B whistle).
~1977	2.5#2	[NaF 5] Na Filí. Chanter's Tune. Unidentified on this reissue, but from the original: Tomás Ó Canainn (pipes, vocals), Tom Barry (whistles, flute), Matt Cranitch (fiddle).
~1984	10#1	[KB UC] Kevin Burke. Up Close. Kevin Burke (fiddle). For this tune: with Joe Burke (accordion).
~1992	15#1	[PHt] Parson's Hat. The Better Match. Bríd Ní Chatháin (harp, vocals), Fred Johnston (guitar, vocals, mandolin), Janet Sutton (whistle), Paul Wilkins (piano accordion, whistle, keyboards, piano). For this tune: 1st time (piano accordion), then with (whistle).
~2002	5#3	[AcrPond] Across the Pond. Across the Pond. Kevin Griffin (banjo), Roger Burridge (fiddle), Michael Shorrock (bouzouki), Quentin Cooper (mandolin, guitar, bass).
2003	1#1	[CSmth] Chris Smith with Roger Landes and Randal Bays. Coyotebanjo. Chris Smith (banjo, mandola, mandolin, field organ), Roger Landes (bouzouki), Randal Bays (fiddle).
~2008	9#1	[BCw 2] Brian Conway. Consider the Source. Brian Conway (fiddle).
~2011	15#2	[DLEM] Denis Liddy and Elvie Miller. Tradaree. Denis Liddy (fiddle), Elvie Miller (piano accordion, piano). For this tune: with Rodney Miller (fiddle).
~2012	3#1	[MORDOM] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh and Danny O' Mahony. As It Happened. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina), Danny O' Mahony (accordion).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Potlick	RF
Cáit Ní Dhuibhir	NaF 5
Milliner's Daughter	SE 6
Pigeon on the Gate	AcrPond
Bríd Harper's	DLEM

Played before	On Albums
John Dwyer's	NaF 5
Flax in Bloom	KB UC
Laurel Tree	PHt
Flogging Reel	CSmth
Lucy Campbell	BCw 2
Music in the Glen	DLEM
Boys on the Hilltop	MORDOM

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #1184 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #463 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #63 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 93 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As reel #206 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 83 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As reel #268 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #11 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903

Tune ID#1565 (Peeler's Jacket)

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Bibliography