{"id":15321,"date":"2023-03-12T19:06:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T19:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=15321"},"modified":"2025-12-26T18:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:38:39","slug":"orange-and-the-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/orange-and-the-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange and the Green"},"content":{"rendered":"

IRISH ROVERS – LISTEN ON YOUTUBE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

{ CHORUS } - - - <\/span>Oh, it [C<\/span>] is the biggest mixup that [G<\/span>] you have ever seen.  <\/span>Me [F<\/span>] father, he was [C] Orange, and me [G<\/span>] mother she was [C<\/span>] Green.\r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span>Oh, me [C<\/span>] father was an Ulsterman, proud [G<\/span>] Protestant was he\r\n<\/span>Me [F<\/span>] mother was a [C<\/span>] Catholic girl from [G<\/span>] County Cork was [C<\/span>] she.\r\n<\/span>They were [C<\/span>] married in two churches and lived [G<\/span>] happily enough\r\n<\/span>Un-[F<\/span>]-til the day that [C<\/span>] I was born and [G<\/span>] things got rather [C<\/span>] tough.\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span>Bap-[C<\/span>]-tized by father Reilly I was [G<\/span>] rushed away by car\r\n<\/span>To be [F<\/span>] made a little [C<\/span>] Orangemen, me [G<\/span>] father\u2019s shining [C<\/span>] star.\r\n<\/span>I was [C<\/span>] christened David [Am<\/span>] Anthony but [G<\/span>] still in spite of that\r\n<\/span>To me [F<\/span>] father I was [C<\/span>] William while me [G<\/span>] mother called me [C<\/span>] Pat.\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS } <\/span>Oh, it [C<\/span>] is the biggest mixup that [G<\/span>] you have ever seen.  <\/span>Me [F<\/span>] father, he was [C] Orange, and me [G<\/span>] mother she was [C<\/span>] Green. <\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n<\/span>With [C<\/span>] mother every Sunday to [G<\/span>] mass I\u2019d proudly stroll\r\n<\/span>And [F<\/span>] after that the [C<\/span>] Orange Lord would [G<\/span>] try to save me [C<\/span>] soul.\r\n<\/span>And [C] both sides tried to claim me, but [G<\/span>] I was smart because,  <\/span>I\u2019d [F<\/span>] play the flute, I\u2019d [C<\/span>] play the harp de-[G<\/span>]-pending were I [C<\/span>] was\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n<\/span>And [C<\/span>] when I\u2019d sing those rebel songs much [G<\/span>] to me mother\u2019s joy\r\n<\/span>Me [F<\/span>] father would jump [C<\/span>] up and say \u201cLook [G <\/span>] here, now Bill me [C<\/span>] boy!\r\n<\/span>That's [C<\/span>] quite enough of [Am<\/span>] that lot.\", he'd [G<\/span>] toss me o\u2019er a coin\r\n<\/span>He'd [F<\/span>] have me sing The [C<\/span>] Orange Flute or the [G<\/span>] Heroes Of The [C<\/span>] Boyne.\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n<\/span>One [C<\/span>] day me Ma's relations came [G<\/span>] round to visit me.\r\n<\/span>Just [F<\/span>] as my father's [C<\/span>] kinfolk were [G<\/span>] sitting down to [C<\/span>] tea.  <\/span>We [C] tried to smooth things [Am<\/span>] over, but they [G<\/span>] all began to fight.  <\/span>And [F<\/span>] me, being strictly [C<\/span>] neutral, I'd bite [G<\/span>] everyone in [C<\/span>] sight.\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }  Oh, it [C<\/span>] is the biggest mixup that [G<\/span>] you have ever seen. <\/span>Me [F<\/span>] father, he was [C] Orange, and me [G<\/span>] mother she was [C<\/span>] Green. <\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 6]\r\n<\/span>Now, My [C<\/span>] parents never could agree a-[G<\/span>]-bout my type of school.  <\/span>My [F<\/span>] learning was all [C<\/span>] done at home, that's [G<\/span>] why I'm such a [C<\/span>] fool.  <\/span>They've [C<\/span>] both passed on, God [Am<\/span>] rest 'em, but [G<\/span>] I was left between t<\/span>hat [F<\/span>] awful colour [C<\/span>] problem of the [G<\/span>] Orange and the [C<\/span>] Green.\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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IRISH ROVERS – LISTEN ON YOUTUBE { CHORUS } – – – Oh, it [C] is the biggest mixup that [G] you have ever seen. Me [F] father, he was [C] Orange, and me [G] mother she was [C] Green. [Verse 1] Oh, me [C] father was an Ulsterman, proud … CLICK TO VIEW SONGOrange and the Green<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-songs","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15321"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27792,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15321\/revisions\/27792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}