Excerpt from, "The Siege of Lucknow".

"Dear to the corn-land reaper
And plaided mountaineer -
To the cottage and the castle
The piper's song is dear.
Sweet sounds the Gaelic pibroch
O'er mountain, glen, and glade;
But the sweetest of all music
The pipes at Lucknow played!"

- from "The Pipes at Lucknow", by John Greenleaf Whittier, an American poet from the 19th century. The Siege of Lucknow, which lasted from July 2 - November 16, 1857, took place during the Indian Mutiny in 1857-58.

I love the bagpipes. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of you.