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GHETTO PIPER

by Alternative Ulster

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Words of wisdom from my original bagpipe instructor - "We're not fancy musicians, we're Ghetto Pipers. We're in it for the craic!"

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I am the ghetto piper
I'm loud, I'm proud, I'm drunk
my mighty drones will rock your bones
when I play Irish punk

They always cry when I play the pipes,
I must really suck.
If I can just get through this tune,
it will be some Irish luck.

The dogs all howl, the cats all growl,
I must really blow.
But I can always fake the tunes,
that they don't really know.

I am the ghetto piper
I'm loud, I'm proud, I'm drunk
my mighty drones will rock your bones
when I play Irish punk

Still they ask me to play,
they must all be nuts.
if they need their ears to bleed,
I’ll give it all my guts.

It's an honor and a privilege,
to pipe beside a grave.
Amazing Grace, about face,
Scotland the Brave.

I am the ghetto piper
I'm loud, I'm proud, I'm drunk
my mighty drones will rock your bones
when I play Irish punk

credits

released November 24, 2017
Lyrics by John McGovern
Music by Jay Andersen, Todd Henry and John McGovern
Recorded and mixed November 21, 2017 by Jay Andersen @ Operation-Audio, Saugerties, NY

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Alternative Ulster New York

Founded in March 2015, Alternative Ulster hails from NY State's Catskill's region. Members are John McGovern on bagpipes and banjo, Todd Henry on vocals and drums and Jay Anderson on guitar and bass as well as all recording and mixing. While recording their Christmas CD, the lads needed a lady for the female lines. Wendy Henry's singing so blew them away that she's now a full member of the band ... more

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