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Originally Posted by wolf
Of course there is one exception to this ... I am driven to tears by hearing the first three notes of Amazing Grace on bagpipes, and blubber my way through the rest of it, but drunken renditions of Danny Boy and Loch Lomond send me into a fit of murderous rage.
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.....that one and Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World (not on the pipes of course) are the only two songs that make me cry.
I've had the pleasure of befriending a pipe master (aftr helping plan two Scottish memorial services in the last year - lucky me) - he has cordially invited King & Princess of the Ryche and me to visit when the corps practice - I haven't had the heart to say no, so I keep finding excuses not to subject myself to more than two or three songs on the pipes.
I feel so bad for defying my heritage, but EGADS! couldn't we have picked a more pleasant instrument to express our musical inclinations? Guess we were too busy drinking and fighting to realize how awful it sounds......