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His performances of four dances, the “Negro Camptown Hornpipe, Ole Virginny Breakdown, Smokehouse Dance and Five Mile Out of Town Dance” were so good that Barnum invited local dancers to challenge him in a competitive “Negro breakdown.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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All morning I have waited, sitting at the piano in my brightest frock, playing The Sailors Hornpipe over and over again.
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Who could forget Lucius Monkey's spirited interpretation of the Cat Club's signature dance, the Sailor's Hornpipe?
A Different Stripe: 2008
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Who could forget Lucius Monkey's spirited interpretation of the Cat Club's signature dance, the Sailor's Hornpipe?
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The local newspapers helped pump up attendance for the speech, printing items probably ghostwritten by Twain reporting that he was planning to perform the Hawaiian Hornpipe or “war dance” at his lecture.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Hornpipe – Both a single-reeded musical instrument sailors often had aboard ship, and a spirited dance that sailors do.
Archive 2008-09-01 Zenmomma 2008
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The local newspapers helped pump up attendance for the speech, printing items probably ghostwritten by Twain reporting that he was planning to perform the Hawaiian Hornpipe or “war dance” at his lecture.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Hornpipe – Both a single-reeded musical instrument sailors often had aboard ship, and a spirited dance that sailors do.
Thursday Thirteen - The ARRRGHHHH! edition Zenmomma 2008
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And then made to learn the Trumpet Hornpipe from Captain Pugwash, no less!
I shallz calls him - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The standout track is "Cobbler's Hornpipe," a 3/2 hornpipe from the north of England played like an energetic Scandinavian polska.
Archive 2006-03-01 digitaldoc 2006
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