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Robert B. Waltz Origins: Irish Faction songs (6) RE: Origins: Irish Faction songs 05 Aug 25

By no means are all songs about Irish factions rebel songs! There are many, many loyal songs, or Orange songs. Indeed, there are books on the subject:

- Neil Graham's The Orange Songster
- The Orange Lark

I don't have a keyword for Orange songs in the Ballad Index (a regrettable mistake), so I can't pull a complete list, but some that spring to mind are

Derry Walls Away
A Loyal Song Against Home Rule
No Surrender (I)
No Surrender (II)

And a whole bunch of Boyne songs.

"Green" songs were certainly more popular than "Orange" songs, but I'm far from certain they were more numerous.

So a faction song might be Green or Orange; it simply took a side on the issue of Irish independence.

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