Kunci: C major•
Verse 1
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In the county Tyrone,
in the town of Dungannon
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there, a weaver by trade
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And all of us thought him
Verse 2
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On the twelfth of July as
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Bob played on the flute to
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the sound of the drum
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You can talk of your fiddles,
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your harp or your lute
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But there's nothing could sound
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like the Old Orange Flute.
Verse 3
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But the treacherous scoundrel,
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he took us all in
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Turned Papish himself and
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forsook the Old Cause
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That gave us our freedom,
Verse 4
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And the boys in the county made
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They forced Bob to flee to
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the province of Connaught;
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Took with him his wife and his fixins,
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to boot,
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And along with the rest went the
Verse 5
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Each Sunday at mass, to atone
for past deeds,
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Till one Sunday morn, at
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the priest's own require
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Bob went for to play with
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the flutes in the choir.
Verse 6
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He went for to play
with the flutes in the mass
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But the instrument quivered
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And blow as he would,
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though he made a great noise,
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The flute would play only
Verse 7
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Bob jumped up and huffed,
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and was all in a flutter.
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He pitched the old flute in
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He thought that this charm would
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bring some other sound,
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When he tried it again,
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it played "Croppies Lie Down!"
Verse 8
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And for all he would finger
and twiddle and blow
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For to play Papish music,
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"Kick the Pope" to "Boyne
Water" was all it would sound
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Not one Papish bleat in it
could e'er be found.
Verse 9
a council of priests that was
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held the next day
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They couldn't knock heresy
out of its head
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So they bought Bob another
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An d the Old Flute was doomed,
Verse 10
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and it s fate was pathetic
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'Twas fastened an d burnt
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As the flames rose around it,
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you could hear a strange noise
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'Twas the Old Flute still a- whistlin'
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"TheProtestant Boys".
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