Awww, Sundae!
The Minstrel Boy fits on the bagpipes. With some strategic whacks of the arrangement-hammer, so does The Battle Hymn of the Republic. The usual run of the tune goes below where the pipes will play, so it's a distinctly "pipes" version of the tune.
A favorite memory of ours is one St. Patrick's Day encountering a singer livening up a restaurant with Irish tunes of several descriptions, and joining in on Minstrel Boy with such fervor that the singer waved us up with him to reprise the chorus, rallentando.
Yes, VC is Victoria Cross, and you'll see Brit and Commonwealth military being styled "Thomas Atkins VC" quite after the manner of other UK alphabetic awards.