The Irish Rovers – The Orange And The Green (Guitar)

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Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

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My father he was orange and my mother she was green

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Oh my father was an Ulsterman, proud Protestant was he

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My mother was a Catholic girl, from County Cork was she

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They were married in two churches, lived happily enough

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Until the day that I was born and things got rather tough

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Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

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My father he was orange and my mother she was green

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Baptised by father Reilly, I was rushed away by car

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To be made a little orangeman, my father's shining star

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I was christened David Anthony, but still in spite of that

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To my father I was William while my mother called me Pat

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Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

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My father he was orange and my mother she was green

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With mother every Sunday to mass I'd proudly stroll

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Then after that the orange lads would try to save my soul

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For both sides tried to claim me, but I was smart because

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I played the flute or played the harp, depending where I was

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Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

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My father he was orange and my mother she was green

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One day my ma's relations came round to visit me

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Just as my father's kinfolk were all sittin' down to tea

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We tried to smooth things over, but they all began to fight

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And me being strictly neutral, I bashed everyone in sight

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Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

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My father he was orange and my mother she was green

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Now my parents never could agree about my type of school

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My learning was all done at home, that's why I'm such a fool

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They both passed on, god rest them, but left me caught between

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That awful color problem of the orange and the green

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Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

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My father he was orange and my mother she was green

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Yes it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen

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My father he was orange and my mother she was green