fife

• But this gift, this undeniable gift t the rock hovering, the unblown fife -- Well, it would be wrong to make too much of it, but probably it should not be discouraged. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 04-05 - October-November 1999
• He delivered lectures upon geography and astronomy: those who could play instruments, such as clarionet, fife, and violin, were stationed on the deck, while the rest marched in ranks. —  The History of Tasmania , Volume II
• The drum and fife were the best they had known "at musters;" and they were good enough still, to fight by. —  Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death
• Sometimes he would come behind an unsuspecting boor, and give, close to his ear, a discordant bray from his trumpet, like the note of a jackass, which made him jump, and the crowd roar with merriment; or, perhaps, when the clarionet or the fife was engaged in giving the people a tune, he would drown either, or both of them, in a wild yell of his instrument. —  Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes
• They found the drum and an old fife, and, slipping out of doors unnoticed by Mrs. Bates, soon stood behind a row of sandhills. —  Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power

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