The bagpipes make a canny sound
that make your head go round and round.
Or could it be the whisky's touch
that makes it happen quite so much?
I canna tell if the truth be known,
for when I hear that dreadful groan
I always reach for liquid solace
and suffer more than William Wallace.
FREEDOMMMMmmmmmmmm!?
J.
There used to be an old pipe major who played in the town centre in Doncaster. You'd often see him playing outside people's houses at death-o'clock in the morning. I assumed he'd been sent there out of malice.
He was one of the town's characters, and I miss seeing him now
Cheers Kevin
Really funny! Have to confess (being Scottish) that I like a pipe band,
as Dorothy says, they look great, and strut along, testosterone boiling over,but single pipers only in small doses! I would have thought 'the peeps were pulled' was something quite different! Just to be nitpicking, shouldn't it be 'which I wrote, or that I wrote'? Just being bossy as usual.
Jennifer
went to a hogmanay many years ago where the peeps were pulled. certainly an interesting sound.
I'm quite ambivalent about bagpipes. Sometimes I sort of like them, whilst at other times I wonder who's strangling a cat!
I never thought I'd see the day
A rhymer hiding in our Ray
Surprises they will never cease
I will admit it does me please ?
No comment on like/dislike bagpipes
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Fri 3rd May 2019 19:50
Ray
I have a terrible confession - I am going to have to whisper it - i like bagpipes - I like men in kilts with sporrans and dirks. i like the way they swagger and strut.
Am I going to get kicked of WoL?
I shall creep away now and seek solace in a chocolate egg.
Dorothy ?
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Fri 3rd May 2019 18:38
Whilst travelling in Europe by train for a month in 1972 I met a young Scotsman similarly travelling and carrying his bagpipes with him. He nearly got them stolen in Dusseldorf and had to chase an Arab down the platform!
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raypool
Mon 6th May 2019 21:27
Blimey, what a long title will do, a cheap and nasty trick of course, but quite common. This little poem wot I wrote was done some time ago as a sort of joke. I like the uilean pipes but can do without the Scottish ones, although massed pipes and drums can be quite stirring if done well. I remember on the New years eve 1999 I worked with not one but six pipers all in one hotel.
Thanks Brian, you couldn't make that up! Imagine an Arab playing bagpipes.
Dorothy, not a closet enthusiast surely. You're not alone, don't worry.
Thanks Don, I am on safe ground then! I think humorous poetry is always most effective in rhyme form.
Trevor, I know what you mean - and also I dislike politicians droning on. Thanks.
Hi Stu, a certain inevitability there I suspect. To interest add stentorian....
Thanks Jennifer, another variation on the theme of the Highlands, aye and a fine one too, i'll be bound. The title was actually spelt that way as a colloquial trick to make it more farcical, but thanks , no problem.
With your story to add to the complexities Kevin we could write a soliloquoy of the art. That sounds like a ploy to draw fire. Horrible sound to wake up to for sure.
Wow Jason, freedom comes at a heavy price, like paradise ( post bagpipes) thanks.
David, fascinating stuff ..true Scottish humour in that comment. I'm almost seeing Billy Connolly . That's a really appropriate point about the origin of the chanters. Frankly I never before made a connection, so thank you for enlightening me. It's all part of the Balmoral effect now.
I'm most gratified to get so much reaction to this. Next week I shall mainly be featuring the cor anglais - or not.
Andy, Philip, Randy and Lisa thanks so much for reading and liking.
Ray