Irish Rovers - The Orange & The Green текст песни

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Oh, it is the biggest mix up that you have never seen.
My father, he was Orange and me mother, she was green.

Oh, my father was an Ulsterman, proud Protestant was he.
My mother was a Catholic girl from Country Cork was she.
They were married in two churches and lived happily enough
Until the day when I was born when things got rather tough.

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Baptised by Father Ivey 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.

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With mother every Sunday to Mass I'd proudly stroll,
Then after that the Orange Lodge would try to save my soul.
Though both sides tried to claim me, well I was smart because
I'd play the flute or play the harp depending where I was.

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One day my ma's relations came 'round to visit me
Just as my father's kinfolk were all sitting 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!

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My parents never could agree about my type of school,
My learning was all done at home, that why I'm such a fool.
They both passed on, God rest them, but left me caught between
That awful colour problem of the Orange and the Green.