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THE IRISH BAGPIPPER


>>> As a young bagpiper, I was asked by a funeral director to
>>> play
>>> at a grave-side service for a homeless man, with no family or
>>> friends.
>>> The funeral was to be held at a cemetery way back in the
>>> country, and this man would be the first to be laid to rest there.
>>> As I was not familiar with the backwoods area, I became
>>> lost;
>>> and being a typical man did not stop for directions. I finally
>>> arrived an hour late. I saw the backhoe and the crew, who were
>>> eating lunch, but the hearse was nowhere in sight.
>>> I apologized to the workers for my tardiness, and stepped
>>> to the
>>> side of the open grave, where I saw the vault lid already in
>>> place.
>>> I assured the workers I would not hold them up for long,
>>> but
>>> this was the proper thing to do. The workers gathered around,
>>> still eating their lunch. I played out my heart and soul.
>>> As I played the workers began to weep. I played, and I
>>> played,
>>> like I'd never played before: From My Home & The Lord is
my
>>> Shepherd to Flowers of the Forest ..
>>> I closed the lengthy session with Amazing Grace and walked
>>> to my
>>> car.
>>> As I was opening the door and taking off my coat, I
>>> overheard
>>> one of the workers saying to another,
>>> "Jeezuz, Mary'n Joseph, I never seen nothin'
like that
>>> before -
>>> and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."
>>>


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