kenmyfam
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C&P but I thought it was funny enough to share.
Amazing Grace...
As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral
director to play at a grave side service for a homeless man. He had
no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery
in the back-country.
As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost; and being a
typical man I didn't stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour
late and saw the funeral had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere
in sight.
There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.
I felt bad and apologized to the men for being late.
I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was
already in place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play.
The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I
played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends.
I played like I've never played before for this homeless man.
And as I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They
wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my
bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head hung low my heart was
full.
As I was opening the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "
I never seen nothing' like that before and I've been putting in septic
tanks for twenty years."
Amazing Grace...
As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral
director to play at a grave side service for a homeless man. He had
no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery
in the back-country.
As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost; and being a
typical man I didn't stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour
late and saw the funeral had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere
in sight.
There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.
I felt bad and apologized to the men for being late.
I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was
already in place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play.
The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I
played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends.
I played like I've never played before for this homeless man.
And as I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They
wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my
bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head hung low my heart was
full.
As I was opening the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "
I never seen nothing' like that before and I've been putting in septic
tanks for twenty years."