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Here's an Anglo-Saxon Riddle Song I found. I did not change the first bit, it's exactly as I found it. So, now we know that Middle-Earth does in fact have this instrument. I will post the answer at the bottom, in case some of you want to try to figure it out.
Middle-earth is made lovely in unmatched
Ways rich and rare. Across the hall
I saw a creature singing - nothing wilder
In haunts of men. Her shape is strange
Her beak hung down her hands and feet
Slung up like a shouldered bird - she waits
Song hungry in the hall of the earls her hour
Of craft. She cannt feast or fly about.
Drink man's delight (she dreams of skill,
A task, her art), but begins to dance
On a road of hands - brash mute plays dumb,
Gathering glory while a beautiful haunting
Song sails through strange foot
A gift of sound. How her long dangling
Legs chanter is a wonderful riddle.
Jewelled, naked, proud of rings -
She sings like a mighty sister,
Guardian of air, bearing bass brothers
Droned on her neck. Let the song - lifter,
Truth shaper, name this creature.
And the answer is....
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Bagpipes!
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