The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #44888 Message #4147819
Posted By: Lighter
19-Jul-22 - 10:04 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Old Orange Flute
Subject: RE: Origins: The Old Orange Flute
It may have seemed satirical or humorous when Tommy Makem and the Clancys sang it, but satirical of what?
Nowadays, and presumably in 1900, it sounds to me mildly - or even defiantly - anti-Catholic.