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