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Featured Tunes Music Library
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Marmaduke's Hornpipe

Played by: Virgil Ed Sellers
Source: Soundcloud
Image: General John Sappington Marmaduke (1833-1887).

Missouri oral tradition gives that the tune was named for Confederate general John Sappington Marmaduke (1833-1887), son of pre-conflict Missouri governor M.M. Marmaduke, who was "from a dynasty of Little Dixie tobacco and hemp farmers, slave holders, and politicians.



The Great Eastern Reel

Played by: Patti Kusturok and Julie Fitzgerald
Source: Youtube
Image: Great Eastern at Hearts Content, July 1866.



The Silver Spire

Played by: Musique à Neuf
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Paddy Killoran.



Cock of the North

Played by: Jeff Campbell
Source: Soundcloud
Image: A photo of Piper George Findlater wearing the Victoria Cross.



Edward Corcoran

Played by: Luis Anjos Teixeira
Source: Soundcloud
Image: The siege of Limerick.