As I approached the house there was a bagpiper playing near it, and the pipes entered into the conversation in the drawing-room.
"The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I"
William James Stillman
Pray, art thou related to the bagpiper of Bujalance, who asked a maravedi for playing, and ten for leaving off?
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In one of our battles in Calabria, a bagpiper of the 78th Highland regiment, when the light infantry charged the French, posted himself on the right, and remained in his solitary situation during the whole of the battle, encouraging the men with a famous Highland charging tune; and actually upon the retreat and complete rout of the French changed it to another, equally celebrated in Scotland, upon the retreat of and victory over an enemy.
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)"
Isaac D'Israeli