They found this pipe
Put holes in it and blew,
A strange sound came out!
They fixed it to a cotton bag
And the air in the bag
Flowed through the pipe,
The strange noise sounded.
Tubes were put on the bag,
Tubes of different sizes
To let the air out,
Making different sounds.
Another pipe was put in
And air was blown in
To fill out the bag,
And as the bag was squeezed
The sound came out from the tubes,
Such a very strange sound
From this bag o’ pipes,
This bag o’ pipes invented,
Invented by the Irish.
The Irish did not like them,
Did not like the sound,
So they gave them to the Scots.
And the Scots have not yet seen it,
Not yet seen the joke,
The joke the Irish played,
The Irish played on the Scots.
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: I prefer the Northumbrian pipes to the Scottish pipes.
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Good write Gold. I'm over the hill.....(very old!)... and far away singing! You'll be glad to know.
The further away the better with your singing Orchi. LOL
Yup, they all say. They are horrible to my singing. Well, I started it, by saying I had about 5 million singing lessons. lol.
Haha. But there is something ethereal about the pipes. Personally, I like em. Even though they are a piss take haha
The Northumbrian Pipes sound more ethereal to my mind SC.
Andy
Hmm theres something special about the ear which appreciates the sound of those droning bagpipes. Whatever that specialness is completely eludes me.
Can you imagine chet and Jerry Mulligan dueting but with Jerry on bagpipes... what? you have a headache already just contemplating it. OK if you want a real ear twister listen to Eric Dolphy soloing in bebop on a bass clarinet. Have some paracetamol to hand.
DRONING! That's the word for them.
Chet and Gerry with bagpipes - ugh I need to lie down at the thought of it.
I see what you mean about Eric Dolphy, just played some and I do need those paracetamol.
Andy
An Artist, is to listen as much as to play. 😉
Very true AP.
Andy
That's interesting information. I have heard Scottish bagpipes. Quite like the sound.
Listen to the Northumbrian pipes to my mind they are much better. Thank you Rozina.
Andy
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