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The Orange And The Green
Irish Rovers

Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

My father he was orange and my mother she was green

Oh my father was an Ulsterman, proud Protestant was he

My mother was a Catholic girl, from County Cork was she

They were married in two churches, lived happily enough

Until the day that I was born and things got rather tough

Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

My father he was orange and my mother she was green

Baptised by father Reilly, I was rushed away by car

To be made a little orangeman, my father's shining star

I was christened David Anthony, but still in spite of that

To my father I was William while my mother called me Pat

Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

My father he was orange and my mother she was green

With mother every Sunday to mass I'd proudly stroll

Then after that the orange lads would try to save my soul

For both sides tried to claim me, but I was smart because

I played the flute or played the harp, depending where I was

Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

My father he was orange and my mother she was green

One day my ma's relations came round to visit me

Just as my father's kinfolk were all sittin' down to tea

We tried to smooth things over, but they all began to fight

And me being strictly neutral, I bashed everyone in sight

Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

My father he was orange and my mother she was green

Now my parents never could agree about my type of school

My learning was all done at home, that's why I'm such a fool

They both passed on, god rest them, but left me caught between

That awful color problem of the orange and the green

Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

My father he was orange and my mother she was green

Yes it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

My father he was orange and my mother she was green


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