Really, Really outstanding. Best thing I've seen in a long time. Thank you.
"Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.
Here's a great clip from the 1960s featuring Colonel Colin Campbell "Mad Mitch" Mitchell of the Argylls -- note the "Crucified Moose" badge on their glengarries:
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