Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on January 14th 2007 by nicholas.
This tune has been added to 7 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Peeler Creek
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: mazurka
K: Gmaj
(3DEF|:G3 A B>c|d2 B2 G2|A>B A>G E2|G>A G>E D>E|
G2 G>A B>c|d2 B2 G>B|A>B A>G E>F|1 G4 (3DEF:|2 G4 (3Bcd||
|:e2 e>f g>f|e2 d2 (3Bcd|e2 e>f g>a|b2 a2 g>f|
e2 e>f g>f|e>f e>d B>G|A>B A>G E>F |1 G4 (3Bcd:|2 G4-G2||
Peeler Creek
I heard this one on an album called "Fieldvole Music", showcasing the melodeon and vocal talents of Norfolk musicianTony Hall. The word "Creek" suggests an American or Australian link somewhere in the tune's history. I don't know where waltzes end and mazurkas begin, but rhythm-wise this one seems more like the mazurkas I've heard than like the waltzes, at any rate the ITM-and-related ones, so I'm including it as a mazurka. (It should not be difficult to disinclude it if need arose, and call it a waltz..)
# Posted on January 14th 2007 by nicholas
Peeler Creek
It's one of a set of mazurkas played by Joe Ryan on his album "An Buachaill Dreoite", so I think I've got the mazurka bit right. Regarding its provenance, I suppose it could yet be a product of the Ould Sod - "Creek" being a sea inlet, "Peeler" being either a policeman or a crab at the moulting stage, a succulent bait sought after by sea anglers, and Ireland not being lacking in any of these. But someone out there may know for definite.
# Posted on January 14th 2007 by nicholas
Peeler Creek
This is a good tune.
Kenny Hall in California uses the following words in Part A
"Oh, feed your babies onions so you can find them in the garden after dark,
feed your babies onions so you can find them in the dark"
# Posted on January 14th 2007 by DanielB
One I don't know, thanks nicholas, I'll set some time aside to get familiar with it. I like the lyrics too, but I would have thought it was "Oh, feed your babies beans ~ "...
# Posted on January 14th 2007 by ceolachan
Nice as a slow waltz
I love playing this tune slowly and letting the second part drift along. There's some magic in the change from G major to Em that evokes a soothing and reflective mood ... well, it works for me, anyhow!
# Posted on January 28th 2007 by dogbox