《The Orange and the Green》歌词

歌曲： The Orange and the Green

所属专辑：The Anthology of Irish Song

歌手： The Wolfe Tones

时长： 02:24

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The Orange and the Green (橙色与绿色) - Wolfe Tones[00:00:00]

Oh my father was an Ulster man [00:00:04]

Proud Protestant was he;[00:00:06]

My mother was a Catholic[00:00:08]

And from County Cork was she [00:00:10]

They were married in two churches [00:00:12]

And lived happily enough;[00:00:14]

Until the day that I was born [00:00:16]

And things got rather tough [00:00:18]

Baptized by Father Reilly [00:00:20]

I was rushed away by car[00:00:22]

To be made a little Orangeman [00:00:24]

My father's shining star [00:00:26]

I was christened David Anthony [00:00:28]

But still in spite of that [00:00:29]

To my father I was Billy[00:00:31]

While my mother called me Pat [00:00:33]

Oh it is the biggest mix-up[00:00:35]

That you have ever seen[00:00:37]

My father was an Orangeman [00:00:39]

My mother she was Green [00:00:41]

With mother every Sunday[00:00:43]

To Mass I'd proudly stroll [00:00:45]

And after that the Orange lads[00:00:47]

Would try to save my soul [00:00:49]

And both sides tried to claim me[00:00:51]

But I was smart because[00:00:53]

I'd play the flute or play[00:00:54]

The harp depending where I was [00:00:56]

And when I'd sing those rebel songs [00:00:58]

Much to my mother's joy [00:01:00]

My father would jump up and say [00:01:02]

"Look here come here me boy [00:01:04]

That's quite enough of that lad [00:01:06]

" he'd toss me o'er a coin [00:01:08]

He'd have me sing "The Orange Flute"[00:01:10]

And "The Heroes of the Boyne "[00:01:12]

Oh it is the biggest mix-up[00:01:14]

That you have ever seen [00:01:16]

My father was an Orangeman [00:01:18]

My mother she was Green [00:01:20]

One day my ma's relations[00:01:26]

Came 'round to visit me [00:01:27]

Just as my father's kinfolk[00:01:29]

Were sitting down to tea;[00:01:31]

We tried to smooth things over;[00:01:33]

They all began to fight [00:01:35]

And me being strictly neutral [00:01:37]

I kicked everyone in sight [00:01:39]

My parents never could agree[00:01:41]

About my type of school [00:01:43]

My learning was all done at home;[00:01:45]

That's why I'm such a fool [00:01:47]

They've both passed on [00:01:49]

God rest them but I was left between[00:01:50]

That awful color problem[00:01:52]

Of the Orange and the Green[00:01:54]

Oh it is the biggest mix-up[00:01:56]

That you have ever seen[00:01:58]

My father was an Orangeman [00:02:00]

My mother she was Green [00:02:02]

Oh it is the biggest mix-up[00:02:04]

That you have ever seen[00:02:06]

My father was an Orangeman [00:02:08]

My mother she was Green[00:02:10]