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Thread #68626   Message #2104782
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
16-Jul-07 - 10:20 PM
Thread Name: The Alamo--Needless Martyrs
Subject: RE: The Alamo--Needless Martyrs
"El degüello" is an old Spanish cavalry trumpet call, midi at http://www.rjsamp.com/cav/cav1.html (see link at left of page)
Cavalry calls

Supposedly it was sounded in the battles against the Moors, etc., but it is hard to separate facts from fiction.