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It is, friends, Hava Nagila as played on bagpipes.

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Michael the Mundane used to play Hava Nagila on his pipes. Occasionally he'd medley it with Happy Birthday. Mike was scary. :)

I have heard tell of an SCA revel at which there was a piper..... a very bad piper. After around 45 minutes of being forcibly restrained from dirking the piper, Mike got up and left the hall. He returned about ten minutes later and re-entered the hall in a perfect slow hesitation march, playing a particularly challenging traditional air on his pipes. (And Michael is a very, very good piper. I have little doubt he played it flawlessly.) He marched up the center of the hall directly to the piper, came to a halt in front of him as he played the final bar of his pibrochaid, looked him up and down, and said, "Nice pipes. When did you last tune them?"

The other piper's face fell. "...You have to TUNE them?"