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  • "Barbaree," he summoned a troop of ghosts, and the pack went scampering through the spectre town in the starlight; and when that game had tired him the voice began to chatter of "Slap-and-a-kick," and

    In Our Town William Allen White 1906

  • Howard Barbaree, Phil Klassen, and Padraig Darby, experts in the areas of law and mental health, have written a terrific commentary on this issue published in the Globe and Mail.

    Man Not Criminally Responsible for Greyhound Bus Beheading; Victim’s Family Call for Punishment : Law is Cool 2009

  • The Canada native died from complications from pneumonia at a hospital near his home, surrounded by his wife, Barbaree, and friends, his agent John S. Kelly said in a statement.

    Comedian Leslie Nielsen Dies AP/The Huffington Post 2010

  • Nielsen is survived by his fourth wife, Barbaree, and two children from a previous marriage.

    Leslie Nielsen of Airplane! and Naked Gun Fame Dies at 84 2010

  • The rest of the crew thought that was a splendid idea, so Brady gave us a rendition of “High Barbaree” and then an encore of “The Golden Vanity,” and he got a round of cheers and applause.

    Third Strike Philip R. Craig 2007

  • The rest of the crew thought that was a splendid idea, so Brady gave us a rendition of “High Barbaree” and then an encore of “The Golden Vanity,” and he got a round of cheers and applause.

    Third Strike Philip R. Craig 2007

  • Shaun's wife was a Flying Cloud girl; but his brother had joined his own bride on High Barbaree, because that seemed best ....

    Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998

  • I've a fine collection by now, Guy -- you've no idea -- ringing chanties to get a ship under way, and roaring staves of the High Barbaree, ballads of the gale, and lullabies of west winds and summer nights.

    Wide Courses 1912

  • Then again he'd sing that Barbaree song until I'd go out and look at the old Colorado flowing by just to be sure I hadn't died and gone below.

    Arizona Nights Stewart Edward White 1909

  • Sailing down along the coast of the high Barbaree.

    Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Holman Day 1900

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