Orange and the Green

Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
 My father he was orange and me mother she was green
 Oh my father was an Ulsterman, proud Protestant was he
 Me mother was a Catholic girl, from County Cork was she
 They were married in two churches, lived happily enough
 Until the day that I was born and things got rather tough
 Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
 My father he was orange and me mother she was green
 Baptized by father Riley, I was rushed away by car
 To be made a little Orangeman, my father's shining star
 I was christened David Anthony, but still in spite of that
 To my father I was William while me mother called me Pat
 Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
 My father he was orange and me mother she was green
 With mother every Sunday to mass I'd proudly stroll
 Then after that the orange lodge would try to save my soul
 For both sides tried to claim me, but I was smart because
 I played the flute or played the harp, depending where I was
 Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
 My father he was orange and me mother she was green
 Now when I'd sing those rebel songs, much to me mother's joy,
 My father would jump and say "Look here would you me boy.
 That's quite enough of that lot", he'd then toss me a coin.
 And he'd have me sing the Orange Flute or the Heroes of The Boyne
 Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
 My father he was orange and me mother she was green
 One day me ma's relations came round to visit me
 Just as my father's kinfolk were all sittin' down to tea
 We tried to smooth things over, but they all began to fight
 And me being strictly neutral, I bashed everyone in sight
 Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
 My father he was orange and me mother she was green
 Now my parents never could agree about my type of school
 My learning was all done at home, that's why I'm such a fool
 They both passed on, god rest them, but left me caught between
 That awful color problem of the orange and the green
 Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
 My father he was orange and me mother she was green
 Yes it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
 My father he was orange and me mother she was green
 HEY!