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Verse 1
(G major) (C major) In the county Tyrone,
in the town of Dungannon
Where many a ruckus (F major) me
self (G major) had a hand in
Bob (F major) Williamson lived
there, a weaver (G major) by trade (A minor)
(C major) And all of us thought (G major) him
a stout- hearted (C major) blade.
Verse 2
On the (C major) twelfth of July as
(F major) it yearly did come
Bob played on the (C major) flute (F major) to
(C major) the sound (G major) of the drum
You can (F major) talk of your fiddles,
(C major) your harp or your (A minor) lute
(C major) But there's nothing could sound
(G major) like the Old Orange (C major) Flute.
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Verse 3
But (C major) the treacherous scoundrel,
he took us (G major) all (C major) in
For he married a Pap (F major) ish
named Brid (G major) get McGinn
Turned Pap (F major) ish himself and
(C major) for (F major) sook the Old (A minor) Cause
(C major) That gave us our (G major) freedom,
religion and (C major) laws.
Verse 4
And the (C major) boys in the county made
such (F major) a stir on it
They forced Bob (C major) (A minor) to flee to
the province (G major) of Connaught;
Took (F major) with him his wife (C major) and his (F major) fixins,
to boot, (C major)
And along with the rest (G major) went the
Old Orange (C major) Flute.
Verse 5
(C major) Each Sunday at mass, to atone
for past deeds,
Bob said Paters and (F major) Aves
and (G major) counted his beads
Till (F major) one Sunday (C major) morn, at
(F major) the priest's own require (A minor)
(C major) Bob (A minor) went for to play with
the (G major) flutes in the choir. (C major)
Verse 6
He (C major) went (A minor) for to play (F major)
with the flutes in the mass
But the in (C major) strument quivered
and (G major) cried."O Alas!"
And (F major) blow as he (C major) would,
though he (F major) made a great noise,
(A minor) The flute (C major) would play (G major) only
"The Protestant (C major) Boys".
Verse 7
Bob (C major) jumped up and huffed,
and was (G major) all in (C major) a flutter.
He pitched the old (F major) flute in
the best (G major) holy water;
He (F major) thought that this charm would
bring some other sound, (A minor)
(C major) When he tried (A minor) it (G major) again,
it played "Croppies Lie (C major) Down!"
Verse 8
And for (C major) all he would (F major) finger
and twiddle and blow
For to play (C major) Papish music,
the flute (G major) would not go;
"Kick the (F major) Pope" to "Boyne
Water" was all it would sound
(C major) Not one (A minor) Papish bleat (G major) in it
could e'er be found.
(C major) At
Verse 9
a council of priests that was
held (G major) the next (C major) day
They decided to ban (F major) ish
the (G major) Old Flute away;
They could (F major) n't knock heresy
out of its head
(C major) So they bought Bob (G major) another
to play in its (C major) stead.
(G major) An d the (C major) Old Flute was doomed,
Verse 10
(C major)
and (F major) it s fate was pathetic
'Twas fastened (C major) an d burnt
at the stake (G major) as heretic.
As the (F major) flames rose around (C major) it,
(F major) you could hear a strange (C major) noise
'Twas the Old Flute still a- (G major) whistlin'
"TheProt (C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major) estant Boys".
The Old Orange Flute
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
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