On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:01:55 -0600, Graham > wrote:

>On 2021-03-23 9:58 a.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:47:21 +0000, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 23/03/2021 15:29, Graham wrote:
>>>> On 2021-03-23 9:08 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
>>>>> I've even heard Orcadians singing that song!
>>>>> It's actually a lovely place, with lovely people. I used to hang out
>>>>> with a lot of Orcadians and Zetlanders when I lived in Edinburgh. They
>>>>> were good company, and most of them were musically talented.
>>>>
>>>> Except for those who play the bagpipes, of course:-)
>>>>
>>> I have relatives who play the bagpipes...
>>>
>>> I don't actually remember any of my Orcadian friends playing the pipes.
>>> I mostly remember fiddle, piano, guitar, penny whistle, flute, and
>>> squeeze boxes of various types. And they could all sing.
>>
>> My father played and used to amuse USians in Japan on Burns Night by
>> playing Deep in the heart of Texas etc. For some reason it had not
>> occurred to them that bagpipes could play anything the player wanted.
>>
>Whether it sounded like what was intended is another matter!

Methinks you're biased you southerner!