Key: C major
Verse 1
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F
C
Am
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Oh,
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Proud Protestant was he
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My mother was a Catholic and
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From County Cork was she
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And lived happily enough
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Until the day that I was born
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And things got rather tough
Verse 2
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I was rushed away by car
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To be made a little orange man
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My father's shining star
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But still in spite of that
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To my father I was Billy while
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My mother called me Pat
Verse 3
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My father was an orange man
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My mother she was green
Verse 4
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Mass I'd proudly stroll
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And after that the orange lads would
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Try to save my soul
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But I was smart because
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I'd play the flute or play the
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Harp depending where I was
Verse 5
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Much to my mother's joy
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My father would jump up and say,
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Come here me boy!
That's quite enough of that
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Lad" he'd toss me o'er a coin
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Am
Orange Flute"
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And "The Heroes of the Boyne"
Verse 6
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That you have ever seen
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Am
My father was an orange man
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F
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Verse 7
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'round to visit me
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Am
Just as my father's kinfolk were
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Sitting down to tea
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They all began to fight
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And me being strictly neutral
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I kicked everyone in sight
Verse 8
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My type of school
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My learning was all done at home
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C
That's why I'm such a fool
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But I was left between
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Am
That awful color problem of the
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Orange and the green
Verse 9
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That you have ever seen
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My father was an orange man
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C
My mother she was green
Verse 10
mix- up
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That you have ever seen
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C
My father was an orange man
Am
G
C
F
My mother she was green
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Am
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C
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