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  2. The Sailor's Hornpipe - Wikipedia

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    Due to the small space that the dance required, and no need for a partner, the dance was popular on-board ship. [ 5 ] Samuel Pepys referred to the dance in his diary as "The Jig of the Ship" and Captain Cook , who took a piper on at least one voyage, is noted to have ordered his men to dance the hornpipe in order to keep them in good health. [ 5 ]

  3. List of best-selling sheet music - Wikipedia

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    The first song to became "popular" through a national advertising campaign was "My Grandfather's Clock" in 1876. [3] Mass production of piano in the late-19th century helped boost sheet music sales. [3] Toward the end of the century, during the Tin Pan Alley era, sheet music was sold by dozens and even hundreds of publishing companies.

  4. List of marches by John Philip Sousa - Wikipedia

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    Sousa holding a copy of the sheet music for his march "The Invincible Eagle" John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches. [1] He composed 136 marches from 1873 until his death in 1932.

  5. Sea shanty - Wikipedia

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    The terms for shanties in these languages do not always precisely correlate with English usage. In French, chant de marin or "sailor's song" is a broad category that includes both work and leisure songs. Swedish uses sjömansvisa, "sailor song", as a broad

  6. Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate - Wikipedia

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    The song was written by Richard Creagh Saunders (1809–1886), who enlisted in the navy as a Schoolmaster on the 11th of July, 1839. [1] It was recorded in Charles Harding Firth's Naval Songs and Ballads (1908) in a slightly different form from the one popularized in cinema, where its opening verse has been omitted, and with quatrain stanzas instead of couplets.

  7. Tom Lewis (songwriter) - Wikipedia

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    Lewis records most of his songs a cappella in the traditional style of sea shanties. [8] However, he also plays the button accordion and ukulele. [9] [4] His songs cover a variety of topics ranging from the life of sailors onboard ships, the attraction and loneliness of the sea, to "traditional shanties and classic nautical poetry set to music."

  8. Josh Allen injury update: Bills QB undergoes X-rays after ...

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    The only thing that could put a damper to the Buffalo Bills' 48-42 win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday was a possible injury concern for Josh Allen.. The quarterback went to the X-ray room at ...

  9. List of folk songs by Roud number - Wikipedia

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    This list (like the article List of the Child Ballads) also serves as a link to articles about the songs, which may use a very different song title. The songs are listed in the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example, many of the ...