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Thread #119510   Message #2594085
Posted By: Stewart
21-Mar-09 - 02:17 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: L'inconnu de limoise (dead pipers lament
Subject: RE: Tune Req: L'inconnu de limoise (dead pipers lament
HERE it is at thesession.org. I think it's a nice little tune. Several versions including one in a minor key are given.

And this about it's title:
"The name has a story behind it, as you might guess (although I'm hazy on the details). When they were doing some roadworks, or demolition, or moving a graveyard, or something like that in Limoise they came across a grave containing both a skeleton and the remains of a set of pipes. The grave was un-named, so the identity of the piper was unknown, but the story caught the imagination of the French folk world and M Heintzen penned the tune in the piper's honour. There are apparently (french) words to it somewhere out there.
Incidentally, there is no truth in the rumour that the piper was found staked through the heart with his chanter. This would be entirely unnecessary as all that is required to stop a piper rising again is to cut off their head and stuff their bellows with garlic..."
Interesting, whether you believe it or not.

Cheers, S. in Seattle