[goodwithagun]

“Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes. Brings me to tears every time. I hope that this talent is continued!

[AnAmericanMother]

I'm not a big fan of "Amazing Grace" on the pipes.

It's not a traditional pipe tune, and there are so many wonderful, stirring authentic tunes.

The classic funeral pipe tune is "The Flowers o' the Forest" (commemorating the Scottish defeat at Flodden Field in 1513 - between 12,000 and 15,000 casualties, including King James IV).

There's a song that's connected with the tune - the refrain is "The flowers o' the forest/ are a' weid [withered] awa'."

[ConorMacNessa]

I usually post this on Sundays at the FR Canteen - but since you mentioned it:

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



Amazing Grace
(Click)
By John Newton

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
.
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
.
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, Who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.

[Windflier]

“Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes. Brings me to tears every time.

Get to a Scottish festival sometime and hear the variety of songs that pipe bands play. I can't even begin to describe the emotional effect that some of them can bring.

[EvilCapitalist]

I liked when Rod Stewart was played on the pipes in “So I married an axe murderer”.

[gov_bean_ counter]

“Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes. Brings me to tears every time. I hope that this talent is continued

I heard it played three times in Iraq, which was three times too many...

[rdl6989]

Agreed.