gawdelpus
17th August 2011, 11:06 AM
> *AMAZING GRACE*
>
> *As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral
> director
> to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. *
> *He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's
> cemetery in the Corryong 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 over an hour late and saw that the funeral bloke 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
> badly 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 and earth covered most of it. *
> *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 poor, 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 opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, *
> *"I ain't never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in
> septic tanks for twenty years."**
> *
> *Apparently, I was still lost...*
>
> *As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral
> director
> to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. *
> *He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's
> cemetery in the Corryong 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 over an hour late and saw that the funeral bloke 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
> badly 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 and earth covered most of it. *
> *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 poor, 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 opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, *
> *"I ain't never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in
> septic tanks for twenty years."**
> *
> *Apparently, I was still lost...*