The Orange And The Green

Chorus : oh , it ( C ) is the biggest ( Am ) mixup that ( G ) you have ever seen me ( F ) father was an ( C ) orangemen , me ( G ) mother she was ( C ) green . oh , me ( C ) father was an ( Am ) ulsterman , proud ( G ) protestant was he me ( F ) mother was A ( C ) catholic and from ( G ) county cork was ( C ) she . they were married in two ( Am ) churches and lived ( G ) happily enough un ( F ) til the day that ( C ) i was born and ( G ) things got rather ( C ) tough . ( Chorus ) bap ( C ) tized by father ( Am ) reilly i was ( G ) rushed away by car to be ( F ) made a little ( C ) orangemen , me ( G ) fathers shining ( C ) star . i was christened david ( Am ) antony but ( G ) still inspite of that to me ( F ) father i was ( C ) billy while me ( G ) mother called me ( C ) pat . Chorus with ( C ) mother every ( Am ) sunday to ( G ) mass id proudly stoll and ( F ) after that the ( C ) orange lord would ( G ) try to save me ( C ) soul . and both sides tried to ( Am ) claim me , but ( G ) i was smart because id ( F ) play the flute , id ( C ) play the harp de ( G ) pending were i ( C ) was ( Chorus ) and ( C ) when id sing those ( Am ) rebel songs much ( G ) to me mothers joy me ( F ) father would jump ( C ) up and say look ( G ) here , now bill me ( C ) boy! that’s quite enough of ( Am ) that lot . " , he’d ( G ) toss me oer a coin he’d ( F ) have me sing the ( C ) orange flute or the ( G ) heroes of the ( C ) boyne . Chorus one ( C ) day me ma’s re ( Am ) lations came ( G ) round to visit me . just ( F ) as my father’s ( C ) kinfolk were ( G ) sitting down to ( C ) tea . we tried to smooth things ( Am ) over , but they ( G ) all began to fight . and ( F ) me , being strictly ( C ) neutral , i kicked ( G ) everyone in ( C ) sight . ( Chorus ) my ( C ) parents never ( Am ) could agree A ( G ) bout my type of school . my ( F ) learning was all ( C ) done at home , that’s ( G ) why i’m such A ( C ) fool . they’ve both passed on , god ( Am ) rest ’em , but ( G ) i was left between that ( F ) awful colour ( C ) problem of the ( G ) orange and the ( C ) green . repeat Chorus x2