The Old Orange Flute Lyrics

Song	The Old Orange Flute
Artist	The Clancy Brothers
Artist	Tommy Makem
Album	A Spontaneous Performance Recording
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	作词 : Traditional
	The Old Orange Flute
	In the county Tyrone, near the town of Dungannon
	Where many's the ruction meself had a hand in
	Bob Williamson lived there, a weaver by trade
	And all of us thought him a stout Orange blade.
	On the twelfth of July as it yearly did come
	Bob played on the flute to the sound of the drum
	You can talk of your fiddles, your harp or your lute
	But there's nothing could sound like the Old Orange Flute.
	But the treacherous scoundrel, he took us all in
	For he married a Papist named Bridget McGinn
	Turned Papish himself and forsook the Old Cause
	That gave us our freedom, religion and laws.
	And the boys in the county made such a stir on it
	They forced Bob to flee to the province of Connaught;
	Took with him his wife and his fixins, to boot,
	And along with the rest went the Old Orange Flute.
	Each Sunday at mass, to atone for past deeds,
	Bob said Paters and Aves and counted his beads
	Till one Sunday morn, at the priest's own require
	Bob went for to play with the flutes in the choir.
	He went for to play with the flutes in the mass
	But the instrument quivered and cried."O Alas!"
	And blow as he would, though he made a great noise,
	The flute would play only "The Protestant Boys".
	Bob jumped up and huffed, and was all in a flutter.
	He pitched the old flute in the blest holy water;
	He thought that this charm would bring some other sound,
	When he tried it again, it played "Croppies Lie Down!"
	And for all he would finger and twiddle and blow
	For to play Papish music, the flute would not go;
	"Kick the Pope" to "Boyne Water" was all it would sound
	Not one Papish bleat in it could e'er be found.
	At a council of priests that was held the next day
	They decided to banish the Old Flute away;
	They couldn't knock heresy out of its head
	So they bought Bob another to play in its stead.
	And the Old Flute was doomed, and its fate was pathetic
	'Twas fastened and burnt at the stake as heretic.
	As the flames rose around it, you could hear a strange noise
	'Twas the Old Flute still a-whistlin' "The Protestant Boys".
	Note: the tune Protestant Boys is also known as Lilliburlero RG
	Recorded by Patric Galvin, Clancys
	filename[ OLDFLUTE
	play.exe OLDFLUTE
	RG
	===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY===

	zuo ci : Traditional
	The Old Orange Flute
	In the county Tyrone, near the town of Dungannon
	Where many' s the ruction meself had a hand in
	Bob Williamson lived there, a weaver by trade
	And all of us thought him a stout Orange blade.
	On the twelfth of July as it yearly did come
	Bob played on the flute to the sound of the drum
	You can talk of your fiddles, your harp or your lute
	But there' s nothing could sound like the Old Orange Flute.
	But the treacherous scoundrel, he took us all in
	For he married a Papist named Bridget McGinn
	Turned Papish himself and forsook the Old Cause
	That gave us our freedom, religion and laws.
	And the boys in the county made such a stir on it
	They forced Bob to flee to the province of Connaught
	Took with him his wife and his fixins, to boot,
	And along with the rest went the Old Orange Flute.
	Each Sunday at mass, to atone for past deeds,
	Bob said Paters and Aves and counted his beads
	Till one Sunday morn, at the priest' s own require
	Bob went for to play with the flutes in the choir.
	He went for to play with the flutes in the mass
	But the instrument quivered and cried." O Alas!"
	And blow as he would, though he made a great noise,
	The flute would play only " The Protestant Boys".
	Bob jumped up and huffed, and was all in a flutter.
	He pitched the old flute in the blest holy water
	He thought that this charm would bring some other sound,
	When he tried it again, it played " Croppies Lie Down!"
	And for all he would finger and twiddle and blow
	For to play Papish music, the flute would not go
	" Kick the Pope" to " Boyne Water" was all it would sound
	Not one Papish bleat in it could e' er be found.
	At a council of priests that was held the next day
	They decided to banish the Old Flute away
	They couldn' t knock heresy out of its head
	So they bought Bob another to play in its stead.
	And the Old Flute was doomed, and its fate was pathetic
	' Twas fastened and burnt at the stake as heretic.
	As the flames rose around it, you could hear a strange noise
	' Twas the Old Flute still awhistlin' " The Protestant Boys".
	Note: the tune Protestant Boys is also known as Lilliburlero RG
	Recorded by Patric Galvin, Clancys
	filename OLDFLUTE
	play. exe OLDFLUTE
	RG
	DOCUMENT BOUNDARY

	zuò cí : Traditional
	The Old Orange Flute
	In the county Tyrone, near the town of Dungannon
	Where many' s the ruction meself had a hand in
	Bob Williamson lived there, a weaver by trade
	And all of us thought him a stout Orange blade.
	On the twelfth of July as it yearly did come
	Bob played on the flute to the sound of the drum
	You can talk of your fiddles, your harp or your lute
	But there' s nothing could sound like the Old Orange Flute.
	But the treacherous scoundrel, he took us all in
	For he married a Papist named Bridget McGinn
	Turned Papish himself and forsook the Old Cause
	That gave us our freedom, religion and laws.
	And the boys in the county made such a stir on it
	They forced Bob to flee to the province of Connaught
	Took with him his wife and his fixins, to boot,
	And along with the rest went the Old Orange Flute.
	Each Sunday at mass, to atone for past deeds,
	Bob said Paters and Aves and counted his beads
	Till one Sunday morn, at the priest' s own require
	Bob went for to play with the flutes in the choir.
	He went for to play with the flutes in the mass
	But the instrument quivered and cried." O Alas!"
	And blow as he would, though he made a great noise,
	The flute would play only " The Protestant Boys".
	Bob jumped up and huffed, and was all in a flutter.
	He pitched the old flute in the blest holy water
	He thought that this charm would bring some other sound,
	When he tried it again, it played " Croppies Lie Down!"
	And for all he would finger and twiddle and blow
	For to play Papish music, the flute would not go
	" Kick the Pope" to " Boyne Water" was all it would sound
	Not one Papish bleat in it could e' er be found.
	At a council of priests that was held the next day
	They decided to banish the Old Flute away
	They couldn' t knock heresy out of its head
	So they bought Bob another to play in its stead.
	And the Old Flute was doomed, and its fate was pathetic
	' Twas fastened and burnt at the stake as heretic.
	As the flames rose around it, you could hear a strange noise
	' Twas the Old Flute still awhistlin' " The Protestant Boys".
	Note: the tune Protestant Boys is also known as Lilliburlero RG
	Recorded by Patric Galvin, Clancys
	filename OLDFLUTE
	play. exe OLDFLUTE
	RG
	DOCUMENT BOUNDARY

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