In a posting dated 01 Jul, 2006 the questions was: Dear Sir, In the movie Sharpe’s Rifles after being saved by the Spanish and they are in their makeshift camp, is Harper playing a tin whistle and what songs does he play?

Your answer was: Harper on the tin whistle? I’m afraid I don’t know, and I fear I’m too lazy to find my DVD and fast forward through to discover the scene, when I’d probably not recognise the tunes anyway. So what to do? Does anyone out there know the answer? You could try asking the Sharpe Appreciation Society website (see the link to it on the Sharpe books page of this website) to see if any of their members know (they know an awful lot, more than me) If I happen to watch the video then I’ll keep an ear open. Sorry to be so unhelpful.

He does indeed play the tin whistle. The song he plays is called “Salamanca” Hope I was helpful. Chris