Key: C major•
Verse 1
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In the county Tyrone,
in the town of Dungannon
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there, a weaver by trade
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And all of us thought him
Verse 2
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Bob played on the flute to
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the sound of the drum
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your harp or your lute
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like the Old Orange Flute.
Verse 3
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he took us all in
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forsook the Old Cause
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That gave us our freedom,
Verse 4
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They forced Bob to flee to
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Took with him his wife and his fixins,
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to boot,
Verse 5
for past deeds,
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Till one Sunday morn, at
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the priest's own require
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Bob went for to play with
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the flutes in the choir.
Verse 6
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He went for to play
with the flutes in the mass
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And blow as he would,
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The flute would play only
Verse 7
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and was all in a flutter.
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When he tried it again,
Verse 8
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And for all he would finger
and twiddle and blow
Water" was all it would sound
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Not one Papish bleat in it
could e'er be found.
Verse 9
a council of priests that was
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held the next day
out of its head
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So they bought Bob another
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An d the Old Flute was doomed,
Verse 10
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As the flames rose around it,
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you could hear a strange noise
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"TheProtestant Boys".
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C F Am
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