{"id":1771,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/the-orange-and-the-green"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"the-orange-and-the-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/the-orange-and-the-green\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ORANGE AND THE GREEN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nIt is the biggest mixed up that you have ever seen
\nMy father he was orange, and my mother she was green<\/p>\n

Oh, my father was an Ulsterman, proud Protestant was he
\nMy mother was a Catholic girl from County Cork came she
\nThey were married in two churches, lived happily enough
\nUntil the day that I was born and things got rather tough
\nChorus<\/p>\n

Baptized by Father Reilly, then rushed away by car
\nTo be made a little Orangeman, my father’s shining star
\nI was christened David Anthony but still in spite of that
\nTo my father I was William while my mother called me Pat
\nChorus<\/p>\n

With mother every Sunday to mass I’d proudly stroll
\nThen after that, the Orange lodge would try to save me soul
\nFor both sides tried to claim me but I was smart, because,
\nI’d play the flute or play the harp depending where I was
\nChorus<\/p>\n

Now when I sing them rebel songs much to my mother’s joy
\nMy father would leap and shout, “Look here, William, my boy.
\nThat’s quite enough of that lot.” He’d then toss me a coin
\nAnd have me sing King Billy and the Heroes of Boyne
\nChorus<\/p>\n

One day my ma’s relations came round to visited me
\nJust as my father’s kinfolk were all sitting down to tea
\nWe tried to smooth things over but they all began to fight
\nAnd me being strictly neutral I bashed everyone in sight
\nChorus<\/p>\n

Now my parents never could agree about my type of school
\nMy learning was all done at home, that’s why I’m such a fool
\nThey’ve both past on, God rest them, but left me caught between
\nThe awful color problem of the Orange and Green
\nChorus
\nChorus<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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