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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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the biggest mix- up that you have ever seen
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My father he was orange and
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my mother she was green
Verse 2
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Oh my father was an Ulsterman,
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proud Protestant was he
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My mother was a Catholic girl,
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from County Cork was she
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They were married in two churches,
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lived happily enough
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Until the day that I was born
and things got rather tough
Verse 3
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Oh it is the biggest mix- up that
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My father he was orange and my
mother she was green
Verse 4
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Baptised by father Reilly,
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I was rushed away by car
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To be made a little or angeman,
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my father's shining star
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I was christened David Anthony,
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but still in spite of that
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To my father I was William while
my mother called me Pat
Verse 5
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Oh it is the biggest mix- up
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that you have ever seen
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My father he was orange and
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my mother she was green
Verse 6
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With mother every Sunday to
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mass I'd proudly stroll
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Then after that the orange lads
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would try to save my soul
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For both sides tried to claim me,
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but I was smart because
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I played the flute or played the harp,
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depending where I was
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Oh it is the biggest mix- up
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that you have ever seen
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My father he was orange and my mother she was green
Interlude 1
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Verse 8
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One day my ma's relations
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Just as my father's kinfolk were
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all sittin' down to tea
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We tried to smooth things over,
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but they all began to fight
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And me being strictly neutral,
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I bashed everyone in sight
Verse 9
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Oh it is the biggest mix- up
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that you have ever seen
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My father he was orange and
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my mother she was green
Verse 10
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Now my parents never could agree
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about my type of school
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My learning was all done at home,
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that's why I'm such a fool
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They both passed on, god rest them,
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but left me caught between
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That awful color problem of
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the orange and the green
Verse 11
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Oh it is the biggest mix- up
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that you have ever seen
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My father he was orange and
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my mother she was green
Verse 12
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Yes it is the biggest mix- up
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that you have ever seen
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My father he was orange and my mother she
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was green
Outro 1
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