Bagpipes at Christmas
They
say there were no bagpipes that Christmas
The
pipers were once more, called away
But
all throughout the Glenn they heard a Piper
Playing
Silent Night on Christmas day
The
children listened to the piper
as
they sat before a glowing Yuletide Log
One
and all they had heard quite clearly
the
sounds of distant carols in the fog’
Some
said the piper was lost that Christmas morning
In
another forgotten battle far away
But
the village all had heard their piper
Playing
Silent Night on Christmas Day
May
someday all the pipers come home for Christmas
’Merry
Christmas 1999
(c) 1999 JOHN PATRICK DRISCOLL