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
 Oh, my father was an Ulsterman, proud protestant was he
 My 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
 Baptised by father Reilly, I was rushed away by car
 To be made a little orangeman, me 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 me 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 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