The Bagpipes

Every one knows the Highlander’s love for the bagpipes. Scott, in one of his novels, gives expression to the idea of the height of a Highlander’s happiness, namely:

Twenty-four bagpipe players assembled together in one room, all playing at the same time different tunes.

A Campbeltown Highlander, speaking to the banker on the
day after a local concert, and referring with pathetic
enthusiasm to the fine voice of one of the lady singers,
said, “Aye, it was beautiful; it was heavenly; it was
just like the bagpipes!”

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