THE ORANGE AND THE GREEN


Chorus: Oh it is the biggest mix up that you have ever 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 County Cork was she.
They were married in two churches, lived happily enough,
Until the day that I was born, then things got rather rough.

Chorus: Oh it is the biggest mix up that you have ever seen,
My father he was Orange and me mother she was Green.

Baptized 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 me mother called me "Pat".

Chorus: Oh it is the biggest mix up that you have ever seen,
My father he was Orange and me mother she was Green.

With Mother every Sunday, to Mass I'd proudly stroll,
And after that the Orange Lodge would try to save my Soul.
For both they'd try to save by, but I was smart because,
I'd play the flute or play the harp dependin' where I was

Chorus: Oh it is the biggest mix up that you have ever seen,
My father he was Orange and me mother she was Green.

One day me ma's relations came down 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'd bash every one in sight.

Chorus: Oh it is the biggest mix up that you have ever seen,
My father he was Orange and me 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 'Em, but left me caught between,
That awful colour problem of the Orange and the Green.

Chorus: Oh it is the biggest mix up that you have ever seen,
My father he was Orange and me mother she was Green. ^^

I had this in a WP file. The cut and paste seems to work.