Your Mother's Little Pet

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on April 4th 2003 by Dr. Dow.

This tune has been added to 55 tunebooks.

Also known as Mother's Pet, Peata Beag, Peata Beag Do Máthar, Peata Beag Do Mathar, Peata Beag Do Mhathair, Peata Beag Do Mháthair, Peata Beag Mo Mathar, Peata Beag Mo Mháthair, Peata Beag Mo Mhathair, Peata Beag Mo Mháthar, Peata Geal Do Mhathair, Your Mother's Fair Pet.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Stór ‘s A Stóirín by Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, Garry Ó Briain
An Toilean Aerach by Johnny Connolly
At The End Of The Day by Dervish
Bealoideas by Oisin
Live In Palma by Dervish
On Oiche Go Maidin by O'aces
Temple House 2 by Temple House Ceili Band
The Friday Night Sessions: Traditional Music From Glasgow by Various Artists
Traditional Irish Music by William Sullivan

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

This is the sister reel of "The Yellow Cow" posted at http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1565 which was originally a song. You can find a recording and details including lyrics of the song on Dervish's "At The End Of The Day".

# Posted on April 4th 2003 by Dr. Dow

I know this one as *My* Mother's Little Pet or Peata Beag *Mo* Mh

# Posted on April 9th 2003 by CreadurMawnOrganig

Jig intro for Peata Beag

Does anyone know the name of the jig Dervish plays before and after Peata Beag?

# Posted on October 13th 2003 by ketida

Ketida, on the only Dervish recording I have, they do Coppers and Brass with Peata Beag (http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/228), but down a string in C.

# Posted on October 13th 2003 by Will Harmon

If you mean the Live in Palma album, I know the jig they play before and after Peata Beag as Hartigan's Fancy and play it in G.

# Posted on March 2nd 2004 by jeffreyeli

Polka version

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/5185

# Posted on November 13th 2005 by Dr. Dow

The Temple House Ceili Band had a slightly different take on the 2nd part of this Polka, which you may, or may not like?:

X: 1
T: Peata Geal Mo Mhathair
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
d e/d/ cA|BG GB|AB c/B/A|df af|
d e/d/ cA|BG GB|AB c/B/A|1 df da:|2 d2 de||
fd d>e|fg af|ge e>f|gb ag|
fd d>e|fg af|gb af|1 dA de:|2 d2 d2||

# Posted on November 13th 2005 by Ptarmigan

Is this an ancestor of Mary McMahon? http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1934

# Posted on December 30th 2005 by slainte

Grada

This tune is also contained in the set Anton's Gambit by Grada (second in the set).

# Posted on July 21st 2006 by fltress

Dervish & Peata Beag

I am pretty sure that the jig that Dervish uses to bookend this song on Live In Palma is the Humours of Ennystymon...if its not that tune, then they are so close that they could be the same tune.

# Posted on January 30th 2007 by CelticHeartbeat

X: 1
T: Mother And Child, Peata Beag mo Mháthar
C:Alan Doherty on Gráda's album Endeavour
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
A2GE FDDF|E(G ~G2) E(G ~G2)|A2GE FEDF|EF (3GFE A2AG|
AFGE FDDF|E(G ~G2) E(G ~G2)|A2GE FEDF|EF (3GFE A2AG|
AFGA F2 z D|E(G ~G2) E(G ~G2)|A2GE FEDF|EF (3GFE A2AG|
AFGE (3FGA ED|E(G ~G2) E(G ~G2)|A2GE FEDF|EF (3GFE A2 (3cBA|
|c2 z A (3Bcd eg|fdef dcAG|EAAG (3Bcd eg| ffe.f d2 z2|
|c2 z A (3Bcd eg|faef dc (3BAG|EAAG (3Bcd eg| (3fed ef d2 z2|
AFGE FAED|E(G ~G2 G) (3FED (A|A2) (3GFE FAED|EF (3GFE A2AG|
A2FA (3FED EF|E(G ~G2) E(G ~G2)|A2GE FEDF|EF (3GFE A2 (3cBA|
|z c2 A (3Bcd eg|ffef dcAG|EAAG (3Bcd eg| (3fed ef d2 z2|
|c2 z A (3Bcd eg|fdef dcAG|E2 AE (3Bcd eg| (3fed ef d2 z2|
a2 (3gfe faed|e(g ~g2) e(g ~g2)|agge faed|ef (3gfe (a4|
a)bga fa (3fed|e(g ~g2 g) (3fed (a|a2) (3gfe fdfd|ef (3gfe a2 ed|
|c2 z A (3Bcd eg|(3fed ef dcAG|EAAG (3Bcd eg| (3fed ef d2 z2|
|z c2 z A (3Bcd eg|ffef dcAG|E2 AE (3Bcd eg| (3fed ef d2 z2||

# Posted on November 6th 2008 by brotherstorm