Orange and the Green(tremolo)

Chorus: 
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Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever  
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seen  
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My father he was orange and my mother she was  
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green  

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Oh my father was an Ulsterman, proud Protestant  
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was he 
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My mother was a Catholic girl, from County Cork  
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was she 
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They were married in two churches, lived happily
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enough 
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Until the day that I was born and things got  
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rather tough  

Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen  
My father he was orange and my mother she was green  

Baptised by father Reilly, 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 my mother called me Pat  

Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen  
My father he was orange and my mother she was green  

With mother every Sunday to mass I'd proudly stroll  
Then after that the orange lads 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 my mother she was green  

One day my 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 my 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 my mother she was green  

Yes it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen  
My father he was orange and my mother she was green