The Peacock's Feathers

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on April 29th 2002 by sarahc.

This tune has been added to 82 tunebooks.

Also known as Cleite Na Péacóige, The Peacock's Feather.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Celebration Of 50 Years by The Tulla Ceili Band
• Aengus by Aengus
• An Calmfhear: The Trooper by Johnny O'Leary
• An Mileoidean Scaoilte by Johnny Connolly
• An Tobar Glé by Neil Mulligan
• Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn by Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn
• Beginish by Beginish
• Celtic Nyckelharpa by Gavin Pennycook
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 9 by Matt Cunningham
• Frankie Gavin And Alec Finn by Frankie Gavin And Alec Finn
• Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part by Peter McAlinden
• I Can Hear You Smiling by Josephine Marsh Band
• IAANJ Session V by Mike And Mary Rafferty And Session Musicians
• Lifescapes Celtic Fiddle by Various Artists
• Pipeline by Pipeline Dermot Hyde And Tom Hake
• Rattlin' Banjos (part 2) by David McNevin
• Skylark by Skylark
• The Best Of Irish Jigs And Reels Vol.1 by Various Artists
• The Lightning Fields by Robin Bullock
• The Living Wood by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
• The Parish Platform by Rattle The Boards
• Top Of Coom by Conal Ó'Gráda
• Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo, And Harp by Oisin MacDiarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, And Michael O Ruanaigh
• Virginia by Birkin Tree
• When All Is Said And Done by Danu

X: 1
T: Peacock's Feathers, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
DE|FEFD A3B|dfed Bdef|g2fg efdB|AFFD E2EA|!
FEFD A3B|dfed Bdef|g2fg efdB|Adfe d2:|!
df|afge f2ec|dfed Bdef|g2fg efdB|AFFD E2EA|!
FEFD A3B|dfed Bdef|g2fg efdB|Adfe d2:|!

Peacock's feathers

the two peacock's feathers tunes are often played together here in portland, with the low one going first. i've also heard the second one preceded by delahanty's hornpipe.

# Posted on August 24th 2002 by sarahc

Also Played by Frankie Gavin

Both tunes appear on his classic album of c. 1977 w/Alec Finn.

# Posted on January 28th 2003 by pchaffee

ANOTHER BARNDANCE!

Yup, though with the loss of the dancing this one smears closer to a hornpipe, it is a barndance and some of the traces of that remain...

# Posted on July 23rd 2004 by ceolachan

= Schottische / German / Barndance

# Posted on June 6th 2005 by ceolachan

"The Peacock's Feather" ~ the other one

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/663

# Posted on February 27th 2010 by ceolachan

Here's the version I got off Joe Dowling in Carlow/ Kilkenny. He also calls it Willie Copley's from whom he learnt it off.

X:1
T:Peacock's Feather, The
R:hornpipe
M:C
K:D
G| AFDF A3A | defd B2ef | g2fg egdB | AGFG E3G |
| AFDF A3A | defd B2ef | g2fg egdB | Adfe d3:|
:g| af(3gfe (3fedec | defd B2ef | g2fg egdB |AGFG E3G|
|AFDF A3A | defd B2ef | g2fg egdB | Adfe d3:|

# Posted on March 20th 2010 by the wounded hussar

Origin...

This is an Irish version of the Scottish tune "The "Glasgow Highlanders". I doubt if it was ever called "The Peacock's Feather" before it was paired with the other hornpipe of that name by Frankie Gavin and Alec Finn on their 1977 Shanachie recording, but I could be wrong about that.

# Posted on January 16th 2012 by Kenny