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Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
Me father he was orange and me mother she was green
My father was an Ulster man, 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, then things got rather tough
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
Me father he was orange and me mother she was green
Baptized by Father Reilly, I was rushed away by car
And made a little Orangeman, me father's shining star
I was christened David Anthony, still in spite of that
To Father I was William, while me mother called me Pat
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
Me 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
To play the flute or play the harp, depending where I was
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
Me father he was orange and me mother she was green
One day me ma's relations came down to visit me
Just as my father's kinfolk were all sitting 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
Me father he was orange and me mother she was green
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
Me father he was orange and me mother she was green
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
Me father he was orange and me mother she was green