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	Name:	HubCap -
	Subject:	bagpiper who was late
	Date:	11/6/2009 7:59:35 AM

>> This is such a beautiful story of a bagpiper who was late for a funeral.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 have never
>> seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for
>> twenty years.

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bagpiper who was late - HubCap - 11/6/2009 7:59:35 AM

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