As before, the song begins with music that sounds almost like a medieval pipe tune, and the song is noteworthy for the lines of its chorus:

Highland Cathedral is Chris Patten's favourite pipe tune, as said by himself on a BBC Asia Today programme.

Many clans are also attributed pipe tunes.

Another important source is the Vickers fiddle manuscript from Northumberland - many tunes in this have the characteristic nine-note compass of pipe tunes.

It reminded him of the days he sat with his back against a holly tree, watching the sheep on the slope below him and listening to Garric play a pipe tune.

Scotland is traditionally linked to the bagpipes, and many pipe tunes come from there.

Because the unit was a member of the 7th Cavalry its official pipe tune was Garryowen.

However, he noticed that both the piping techniques and the traditional pipe tunes suffered a bit from the loss of direct contact with Scottish pipers.

Two pipe tunes were composed by Ewen Macdonald, for Sir James Macdonald, 8th Baronet.

The difference lies in the rhythm of the pipe tune to which it is danced.