I play "Derry Air" quite a bit, particularly at Irish-American funerals (in the Catholic hymnal it's called "Go Silent Friend"), but often as part of my sets as well, where I always segue into something more up-tempo, usually "Sean South" and "God Save Ireland". It's frequently requested, and I'm an entertainer; I try to play what people want to hear, and anything is better than "Amazing Grace".

I was at an Irish Festival once, and I must've piped AG by request a hundred times, until I simply refused. "See that guy in the next tent, selling swords, dirks, and axes? He says if he has to hear "Amazing Grace" just one more time, he'll run me through."