Thread: The bagpiper

As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral
director to play at a grave side service for a homeless man.

He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's
cemetery in the Kentucky back-country.
As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and being a
typical man I didn't stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour
late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was
nowhere in sight.

There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating
lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went
to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already
in place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play.

The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I
played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends.
I played like I've never played before for this homeless man. And as I
played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all
wept together. When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for
my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full.

As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "I
never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in septic
tanks for twenty years."

Apparently I'm still lost.....

LOL!!

~Although when I started reading, I remember thinking that there are no end to tilly's talents......fancy us not knowing she played the pipes!!!

bless.... if I had any sort of musical talent, you would have heard about it by now!
I do not hide my lights under bushels!