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Thread #168999 Message #4107456
Posted By: YorkshireYankee
24-May-21 - 07:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Songs of the Yorkshire Yankee
Subject: ADD: Do You Love an Orange? (Yorkshire Yankee)
Just over six years ago (on 22nd May 2015) the Irish held a referendum on gay marriage, which passed – with 62% of voters in favour (on a turnout of 61%). When I went to my fourth Sunday pub sing that evening (at Kelham Island Tavern in Sheffield), one of my friends said, "I wish we had a song we could sing to celebrate the result!"
Do you love an orange, do you love a pear? Do you think allowing gay marriage is fair? Oh, yes we know love, We'll not deny love We'll vote for love wherever it grows
We used to be Catholic, at mass every day But now the hypocrisy gets in our way Oh, yes we know love, We'll not deny love We'll vote for love wherever it grows
When we were all children, we bought what they said That only a man and a woman could wed Oh, yes we know love, We'll not deny love We'll vote for love wherever it grows
Now that we're older, we're sure God must feel That any love's worthy as long as it's real Oh, yes we know love, We'll not deny love We'll vote for love wherever it grows
And why should we say any love deserves shame When hate, greed and cruelty cause so much pain Oh, yes we know love, We'll not deny love We'll vote for love wherever it grows
Do you love an orange, do you love a pear? Do you think allowing gay marriage is fair? Oh, yes we know love, We'll not deny love We'll vote for love wherever it grows