We play those as 6/8's as well, but I agree with Ogilvie that they're playing it in standard time. The foot beats are in the same place as if played in 6/8, but the idiom is 4/4. As you say, EagleJCS, the pipes are emphasizing the dot and cut so much, and I would say so much that the idiom has changed. At least that's how I hear it.
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