The Lost Bagpiper

As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man in the Kentucky back country.

I got lost in the backwoods and finally arrived an hour late. The hearse was gone, and only the work crew was left, eating lunch. I felt bad, so I went to the side of the open hole and started to play. The workers put down their lunches and gathered around. I played my heart out for this man who had no family or friends. As I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. When I finished, I packed up my bagpipes and walked to my car, my heart full. As I opened the door, I heard one of the workers say, "I ain't never seen nothin' like that before, and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."