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Thread #84846 Message #4147944
Posted By: Bill D
20-Jul-22 - 09:19 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req:One Sunday morning while on my way to mass
Subject: RE: Lyr Req:One Sunday morning while on my way to mass
Here's another variation from this site
https://oneofthebhoys09.tripod.com/rsno/id28.html
It sounds a little bit more authentic to me as to wording, but may just be the folk process.
One Sunday Morning
Unknown
One Sunday morning as I was going to mass
I met a bloody Orangeman and killed him as he passed
I killed him for his passing my boys I sent his soul to hell
And when he got to hell he had a strange tale to tell.
[chorus]
Hol-da-roddy-ri hol-da-roddy-ri
Hol-da-roddy-ri there's whiskey in the jar
When an Orangeman dies he goes down below
The worms eat his flesh and the devil takes his soul
The gates of hell fly open and the devil jumps for joy
For there is nothing he likes better than a stout Orange boy.
If I had a yard of Orangeman`s skin
I'd beat it into drums for the bold Fenian men
And the drums they would rattle and the fifes they would play
And we`d all go to mass on St. Patrick`s day.