The House Of Orange Acordes

STAN ROGERS – The House of Orange
from “From Fresh Water” (1984)
 
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I took back my hand and I showed him the door
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No dollar of mine would I part with this day
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For fueling the engine of a bloody cruel war
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In my forefather’s home far away
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Who fled the first Famine wearing all that they owned
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Were called ‘Navigators’ all ragged and torn
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And built the Grand Trunk here and found a new home
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Wherever their children were born
 
[Verse 2]
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Their sons have no politics, none can recall
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Allegiance from long generations before
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O’this or O’that name can’t matter at all
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Or be cause enough for to war
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And meanwhile my babies are safe in their home
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Unlike their pale cousins who cower and cry
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While kneecappers nail their poor dads to the floor
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And teach them to hate and to die
 
[Verse 3]
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It’s those cruel beggars who spurn the fair coin
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The peace for their kids they could take at their will
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Since the day old King Billy prevailed at the Boyne
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They’ve bombed and they’ve maimed and they’ve killed
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Now they cry out for money and wail at the door
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But Home Rule or Republic ’tis all of it shame
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And a curse for us here who want nothing of war
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We’re kindred in nothing but name
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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All rights and all wrongs have long since blown away
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For causes are ashes where children lie slain
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Yet the damned U.D.L. and the cruel I.R.A.
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Will tomorrow go murdering again
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But no penny of mine will I add to the fray
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“Remember the Boyne!” they will cry out in vain
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For I’ve given my heart to the place I was born
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And forgiven the whole House of Orange
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King Billy and the whole House of Orange
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