dead march
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As a dead march nothing like it had ever been attempted before.
From Time Magazine Archive
There he was draped with black crepe and, while the crowd stood silent and a band began a dead march, the gelding walked slowly around the full circuit of the track.
From Time Magazine Archive
For three and a half hours no character walks faster than a dead march or speaks faster than five words a minute.
From Time Magazine Archive
The band plays a dead march going to the grave, but Fra Diavolo coming from it.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. by Various
This morning at 8 A. M. we buried the remains of Mr. Gordon, the coffin borne on a caisson followed by martial band of 48th Infantry playing the dead march.
From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jenkins Lloyd Jones
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