[BITList] The Irish Bagpiper

[John Feltham]

As a bagpiper, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a  
graveside service for a homeless man who had no family or friends. The  
funeral was to be held at a cemetery in the remote countryside 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 Going Home and 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, "Sweet 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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