Deguello

"Deguello" is also symbolized by a blood-red flag.

September 11th, 2003 2003

"Deguello" de-gway-o is the name of the battle charge sounded by General Santa Anna's buglers when his Mexican army attacked the Alamo fortress in 1836.

September 11th, 2003 2003

The original ZZ Top song was a track from their 1979 album 'Deguello'.

Undercover Music News 2009

The original ZZ Top song was a track from their 1979 album 'Deguello'.

Undercover Music News 2009

“El Deguello”, the song reportedly played by the Mexican army outside the Alamo to signify no prisoners would be taken, is reportedly of Moorish descent.

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In case viewers don't get the message, the hotel Wayne's sheriff lives in is called "The Alamo," and the outlaw boss hires a Mexican trumpeter to play "El Deguello," supposedly the song that Santa Anna had played for the Alamo's garrison.

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Santa Anna turned scarlet, "Play [* Deguello]", he roared

The Ballad of the Alamo 1998

I personally would like to see them stretch a bit more, or even further back (say, back to the Deguello days).

Sunlight Through The Shadows Magazine Volume 2 Issue 2 (ANSI Edition) 1994

As the first light touched the hills the next morning they heard the Deguello blow, then the Mexicans attacked in waves as far as the eye could see.

TWO FOR TEXAS James Lee Burke 1989

Santa Anna run a red flag up on a church, and his buglers is blowing the Deguello.

TWO FOR TEXAS James Lee Burke 1989