🟩👍🟧 As Theobald Wolftone was protestant but still lead the United Irish men back in 1793. He gave up his nice cushy life as a protestant land owner to help Catholics. He saw that it was cruel and would fight for Ireland and many Catholics. He even died for us green men. And now today I myself have plenty of protestant friends. So lets honour Wolftone by being United Irish men. 🇮🇪
@@EndlessSummer888 depends where you’re at. Here in Ohio it’s okay, not great by any means but not the worst. I feel pretty lucky compared to the other unfortunate fools in California. If you know the schools around you suck or you just don’t like em, go homeschool. If you don’t know, try a year of public and see if you like it.
My father 's life was exactly as depicted, except he chose the Catholic side in the end. He was born in 1914 in New Jersey. His Irish Catholic mother and English Protestant father were divorced early in his life. She was the product of a alcoholic home. Alcohol isn't mentioned in this song, but is an important aspect of life between the Orange and the Green. The term used was "Dirty Irish Catholic" all through that neighborhood right up through the 1940-50's. Although his mother wasn't an ideal mother, my Dad eventually recognized she had a much more authentic life than his father. My father married a German who didn't grow up anywhere near New Jersey.
@@kenosha1946 Youve got this completely wrong mate. The "Orange" refers to Ulster-born Scots-descent Protestants (what you yanks call "Scots-Irish...and what we call the "Ulster Scots"), and the "Green" refers to Catholic republican Irish-descent people. Nothing to do with people born in New York! ...no matter how "Irish" you like to pretend to be!
My father's parents. One Protestant, the other Catholic. They had seven children and would try to sneak their children off to Church for baptism in their own Church as they both spied and intercepted each other so their little bundles of joy could only be baptised in their religion.
My Catholic granny confessed on her deathbed that she'd smuggled me into Donegal and had me baptized as a Catholic when I was a baby. When I told my mother, she started looking a bit shifty. Turns out my Protestant granny had done exactly the same thing.
@@clarebowden1040 well you are one step ahead of us poor bastards, if they dont acceot you in catholic heaven they will get you into the protestant one just to mess with the others.
Thank you very much for posting this video. I have an elderly parent with dementia who got so much joy out of being able to sing along to this song and other Irish songs that had lyrics large enough to read and follow along ....this music brought her back to life and made her very very happy as well as the family
"One day, me ma's relations came round to visit me. Just as me father's kinfolk were all sitting down to tea. We tried to smothe things over but both sides began to fight. And me being STRICTLY neutral, I basehed everyone in sight". A typical christmas in my family.....
When my Family's Relative from the Countryside visit the City.....My Mom and Dad had different religion. I was branded for being disrespectful because I'm a Neutral person and one of my relatives start talking shit about religion said "Catholics pray a stick, Jehovah's Witnesses doesn't believe Christmas and blah blah blah" and it get to the point that I get pissed. I softly yelled "yeah Praying a stick is better than getting pregnant in Bible School, pretending to be holy but a slut. Are you sure you're going to heaven? and I think it's better being an open slut than going to Bible School pretending to be right and holy but a slut in secret going to the hotel in Valentines.. If I were Father God and Jesus I would slap their faces". Take note I live in Philippines where saying like this is considered disrespectful but I can't help it.
@@kathleenabbu8553 don't worry, i understand where you are getting at with this. Me, personally, I find some things not making sense or even being contradictory. But none of it I have any problems with. What I DO have a problem with is people trying to force their beliefs onto others. Like it should be as simple as knocking on someone's front door, asking if they are intrested, they provide a "yes" or a "no" and then the individual going door to door says "okay, thank you for your time, I am sorry to have intruded". Unfortunately, not everyone is as polite as they should be. In terms of comments and/or insults, I think its best for someone to try and keep those to themselves not just because of disrespect but also because that it makes whoever said them look like the bad guy regardless of the legitimacy of the statement. Religion and politics... two things that no one should EVER discuss if they are on opposing sides of the topic because you either make a friend or you start a war... Both figuratively and literally.
I loved The Irish Rovers as a little girl, I'd sit in a rocking chair, and sing them to my heart's content. I knew all of them, and constantly wanted them to be played on my parent's stereo/record player. Those were the days
Loved it! I've worked and drank wit Green n Orange, Picts, Brits, Ausies, Yanks, HotnTots and Eskimos. We all agree we love a jar o the pure and friends to drink with.
The Protestants chose orange in honor of William III the Duke of Orange who was a protestant king of England which supported protestants. The Catholics chose green because green was always the original color of Ireland and because of this it shows their resentment to the English throne. I hope I helped you.
I recall listening to The Irish Rovers as a kid and loving it. My parents(and myself) are Lutherans. It was years later when I learned what "Orange and Green" referred to in this song. Always love a group who combines humor with a good song!
I love these old school irish/scottish songs. It's painfully obvious that this is where GOOD country music gets its roots. Makes me proud to be scotch irish
@llewelyn1999x no I don't support slavery. Neither did Robert E Lee. If you were even remotely educated on the subject you would know that the Civil war was fought over state's rights and eminent domain and the south had MULTIPLE all irish regiments fighting for the confederacy
Also Lincoln owned slaves and his weren't freed til almost 10 years after emancipation. Plus there were also slaves all over the north too. You can still see plantation houses complete with slave quarters to this day even in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Illinois, etc. The war WAS NOT FOUGHT OVER SLAVERY
@@lillianbunny99 AAAAANNNNNNDDDDD there were thousands upon thousands of slaves who even after finding about about emancipation and essentially given a free pass to the north escorted by union troops REFUSED to turn against their fellow southerners.
@@lillianbunny99 there's even a confederate slave/soldier famous for being especially brutal against union troops and being offered over 5 chances to run free for his heroism and refused every one. Preferring to stay and fight against the oppressive union
@@trashman7906 Maybe, but not for pacifist reasons. Soldiers from Switzerland had been fighting for german, french and italian kings and nobles for centuries, depending on who paid them. I think there was a battle in northern Italy, once, that didn't take place, because the Swiss mercenaries had to too many cousins on the other side and refused to fight. d;-)
jude davidson I'm English, but my mum had an Irish catholic dad and a protestant mum with a Dutch last name. As for my dad's family no-one really knows where they came from originally, and they are strictly non-religious, but they all have these large hooked schnozzes, if you know what I mean. Reminds me of the joke where the punchline goes "but are you a catholic or a protestant jew?". Yes!
My sister is expecting and her baby will be in the same boat, yes you guessed it, she's catholic and the father is protestant, might play them this at Christmas, they'll laugh like hell. lol
I beat this. Both grandmothers catholic and both grandfathers protestant. My father is catholic and my mother protestant. I think about taking a catholic just to hold up the "tradition"...
Such a simple issue this fellow faces. It could be worse. I am from Turkey. My father was Muslim. My mother was Methodist. I was educated in a Catholic school. I play bass guitar for a Gospel group from an African Pentecostal Church.
Reverend George there was 300 years of oppression and colonialism towards Ireland from England before there was such a thing as Protestantism. That’s the thing, the problem isn’t religion, it’s imperialism. Religious difference was just used as a tool to divide
@@PhilHoy97 After the Reformation would people have decided to either confirm or renounce their Catholic faith on the basis of their politics rather than their theological beliefs? As a tool for division it has worked extremely well.
My parents are former Catholics. Dad’s now agnostic and mom is Protestant. I had two staunch catholic grandmas though. And then I was baptized in a Protestant Church but just four and a half months ago became a Catholic. I went to confession, was received into the church, confirmed and received communion. But my entire family is a mix of Protestant Catholic, agnostic, and we even have one branch of LDS. So this song is somewhat relatable hahaha.
This is true. I was outside a Catholic church one evening (in the USA) and a piper played this one, I started laughing and other people looked at me like I was crazy.
Not just in Ireland. Scotland too, as well as in North America (particularly Canada which, unlike the U.S.A. and most of Britain has a larger RC than Protestant Christian population).
My father's side of the family was Catholic, while my mother's was Protestant. Since my mother was more involved with her church than my father was with his, my younger siblings and I were all baptized at her church. That didn't stop my father's Catholic nun aunts from trying to prevent the rest of his relatives from going to the baptisms. I was learning this song in music class around the time of one of those incidents, and I couldn't help but laugh at it, lol
Now the Orange and the Green today are now at war you see, But Protestant and Catholic, well it's all the same to me Now me parents have been turning in their graves since I turned White and Blue, Cause you see last year I converted and today I am a Jew
I love this song. There is one thing I noticed, though: this is the only version that I've heard or seen videos of that includes the verse which starts "now when I'd sing them rebel songs..."
Now I am just a country lad, Much time outside I had, To watch the sunrise and sunset Before I went to bed. Then one day on the farm, I sat down and I thought, When God created colours, well, I'm sure He meant no harm. Oh it is the biggest mix up, That you have ever seen; Me father, he was Orange, And me mother, she was green. And then you have these others too, There's colours all around, There will be red and there'll blue, And mixtures, too, abound. Now I do not know what others say, But this I know is right, If Jesus picked a colour, He would always go for white. Oh it is the biggest mix-up, That you have ever seen, Me father, he was Orange, And me mother, she was Green.
My Grandma was Protestant, though we weren’t in Northern Ireland, Dad was baptised and christened Presbyterian but isn’t a believer. Grans family came from wales around the border…. And my grandads from Liverpool and Ireland before that (though he wasn’t a man of particular faith) my Mum however was Catholic along with everyone else in her side of the family. My Grandma always had us say prayers ect… but was in no way pushy about her Protestantism (only knew she didn’t want to be Catholic) No surprise I turned out Catholic.
im from new york, my mom is irish and catholic my grandparents from kerry and my dads a mutt and protestant. Im proud of my fenian heritage even though i was raised protestant
Interestingly enough, we had Irish Regiments here in America. Some of them served in the Southern Army during the Civil War, or War of Northern Aggression, as we in the South prefer to call it. I believe a songwriter and musician who served in one of those Irish Regiments during that Era must have written the Lyrics to a Confederate States Battle Song called, "The Wearing of the Grey", and chosen to set it to exactly the same melody as this beautiful Irish Rebel Tune being sung here, and entitled, "The Orange and the Green." If you haven't heard it, you might want to give it a listen. I believe you'll love it, as much as you do this song. I know I do. They're both beautiful songs. Long live Liberty, both in Ireland, and in America. Oooorah!!!!!!!!!
It's not an Irish rebel tune this song was written so both sides can sing and enjoy the song same with the song called "Auld Orange flute" also written for both to enjoy but its heavily mistaken as a loyalist tune. Maybe you should open your ears and read the lyrics it's clearly not a rebel tune and I'm speaking as a Protestant Unionist from Northern Ireland and as a man who hates Irish republicanism. As for Robert E Lee when he was asked by a reporter after the American Civil War what made the best soldier he replied "The Scottish who came here by the way of Ireland as they had the swiftness of the Irish to take positions and the stubbornness of the Scottish to defend it" he referred to the soldiers of Ulster Scots decent Protestants and their forefathers was loyal to the British crown plus the term "Hillbilly" is reference to the Ulster Scot Protestant soldiers who fought for King William III (Billy) during the glorious revolution in Ireland against the Catholic King James II they and many for their children would move to the Appalachian mountains (hill). It is estimated Ulster Scots made up around 40% of the Confederate army who your so called Irish rebels made up barely 5-10% learn some history before spouting especially when the North was recruiting Irish Catholic rebels in huge numbers when they got off the boats in New York and Boston to fight the Confederate States upwards of nearly 25-30% of the Northern Army was newly arrived Irish "rebel" immigrants no harm but it sounds like you like pandering with the enemy of your Confederate ancestors
I had a workmate (Scottish Protestant but brought up speaking Gaelic in Northern Ireland) who married a Catholic Irishman. They solved the problem by emigrating to Australia - there was distinct hostility from her family towards him for being her "Mick boyfriend" and towards her for marrying outside her religion.
My Mum was a Protestants , My Father Patrick and myself and brother Michael were Catholics. My Grandfather was a catholic and my Grandmother a protestant. 😂
My father, God rest his soul, was raised a Cornish-English/Irish/Scottish Episcopalian, while my mother is a Mexican/Portuguese Catholic…fortunately, my father converted to Catholicism when he married my mother.
This song always brings me back to my boyhood with my old man and his tape deck some thirty years or more ago. God, I miss him and being a happy-go-lucky kid.
Kind of describes my upbringing in a way! Adoptive family hated "provos". My birth father was Irish Catholic, while my entire maternal family belonged to the Orange lodge. Much to the dismay of my family, I empatihize with my father's family lol
Interestingly enough, we had Irish regiments in the Confederate states of America here during the War of Northern Aggression between the Yankee Federalists in the North, and the Confederate, or Rebel States in the South, where I grew up. One of them must have written the words to a Confederate Battle Song called "The Wearing of the Grey" because he set it to exactly the same melody to which this Irish Rebel Tune from Ireland is set. All he changed were the lyrics. The melody remains identical. If you haven't heard it yet, give it a listen. I believe you'll love listening to it as much as I love listening to this this song from Ireland because the melodies to both are identical. I doubt very seriously that it's a coincidence.
@@pmlima4120 while I condemn terrorism in any shape or form, it didnt start until AFTER the butchered peace following the established Central Irish government. It's also important to note that a United Ireland was only stopped by the Anglo-Irish minority of Ulster; everyone else wanted an independent Ireland. Instead of followi g through on their promise to formally end their Union, Britain assisted the Central Irish government only to secure the valuable and strategic naval ports such as Derry and Belfast
My Grandfather was Orange ( English) and my Grandmother was Green Irish. Back around 1900 their parents weren’t fond of them getting married so they eloped! My Dad was brought up catholic as so was I.
My Northern Irish Cousin recently married a Southern Irish lad and that was quite awkward with a protestant family on one side of the church and catholic on the right especially seeing as she was converting to Catholic for him.
Well now was it for him or was it for herself? My mother converted from lutheranism to Catholic and a big part of it was that the ELA of the time and place was very bitter. Now mind, her father, a superb and gentle man, really didn't care, since he was a Swede but the mother of the bride was quite upset. Grampa had the family doctor get her good and doped up so she would go to the wedding and sit down and behave. And I am not kidding.
The Nothern Ireland comedian Jimmy Young sang a song called The Non Sectarian Football Team which gave the Protestant and Roman Catholic traditions, as they say over here in Northern Ireland, "A wee touch"
+SEAN FARNSWORTH I don't even have Irish ancestry, but I think I might be a reincarnated Irish spirit because I listen to this kind of music all day long while I work.
Why so divisive? I took a class in university on the irish revolution and another on the troubles. Yes, I understand the conflict, I will always understand why people fight for what they believe is right, it makes us human after all. However this must be said. Why carry on a sectarian conflict that has cost so so many lives on both ends. The bible tells both catholics and protestants "thou shalt not kill" and to love thy neighbour. The catholics and more importantly the Gaelics had to fight to be recognized and have power over their own future. This happened in 1905 with the founding of the Gaelic League, it happened in 1916, it happened with the general election of 1918 and it definitely happened with the indepence of Ireland in 1937. I find it pitiful that old fights are still continuing with people like you, using disparaging language against people for what? Not having the same opinion as you?
Quite a common occurrence. I’ve known lots of friends who are even Jewish and married to people of the church ☑️What’s the big deal your parents love you no matter no matter you make your religion your friends accepted you wanna make a big deal be proud of your heritage it it’s
My Father was catholic from polish Ukraina, my Mother a kind of protestant from hungarian Erdély (now romanian Transylvania). I'm living in Poland... and I'm sixty-four. I'm not the biggest mix-up in Middle Europe...but it's painfull to live in the country where both of my parents were pissed off by their friends, 'cause they came to Poland from "nowhere".
This describes my sister and her boyfriend, we were raised Catholics and he and his family were raised Protestants. Then they had a child but unlike the song the baby was a girl.
Not necessarily. It all depends on the individual within the religion. I'm a proud LDS member, but I'm not strict on my beliefs towards others (unless they try to test my virtues). Others of my Faith will stop at nothing to convert everyone. Don't assume that one religion is nicer than the other, it's the people that are nicer than others.
firstly, I'm not Chris. I'm his dad. Secondly, contrary to the last verses of this song, home schooled people are some of the most intelligent, well balance and humane people I know.
+Jerry Cool I never told you or anyone how your kids should be raised. I was simply stating a fact. Second, if you believe that all homeschoolers are responsible for Hitler or the crucifixion, think again. Judas and Hitler were just two scenarios, and both were over seventy years ago. Third, my family is in no way rich. Fourth, I have no desire to live in a libertarian Orwellian society. Fifth, you have given me no representative example that homeschoolers are not better people or more intelligent, and finally, sixth, your reaction was wholly uncalled for. If you wish to continue the debate, please do so in a polite way, and don't give me the feeling that Trump is typing those words.
"Me being strictly neutral I bashed everyone in sight." Same.
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As Theobald Wolftone was protestant but still lead the United Irish men back in 1793. He gave up his nice cushy life as a protestant land owner to help Catholics. He saw that it was cruel and would fight for Ireland and many Catholics. He even died for us green men. And now today I myself have plenty of protestant friends.
So lets honour Wolftone by being United Irish men. 🇮🇪
Love this song. Favorite part, "me being strictly neutral I bashed everyone in sight." HaHaHa
Love that part 2
Yes, it's good. My favorite song.
Yes, it's good. My favorite song.
Love that part, if in doubt beat up everyone. lol
That's so green! :)
"My learnin' was all done at home, that's why I'm such a fool" as a homeschooler, I feel that line so much 🤣🤣🤣
Really? I've heard of a lot of homeschooled people getting a BETTER education than being in an actual school.
@@EndlessSummer888 depends where you’re at. Here in Ohio it’s okay, not great by any means but not the worst. I feel pretty lucky compared to the other unfortunate fools in California. If you know the schools around you suck or you just don’t like em, go homeschool. If you don’t know, try a year of public and see if you like it.
@@EndlessSummer888 this is the case for me. Homeschool is the reason I’m so interested in school and education, and the reason I get such good grades.
@@EndlessSummer888 i think they mean social skills
@@EndlessSummer888my dad had no clue how to teach me 😅 but I’m sure some people had it work well for them
As the son of a Catholic mother and a protestant father. This song is an accurate depiction of life as a dirty half breed.
Sad statement but as another dirty halfbreed sadly oh so very true in every degree
@@amsodoneworkingnow1978 mannerheim Where'd y'all grow up that you were treated as "halfbreeds" ?
My father 's life was exactly as depicted, except he chose the Catholic side in the end. He was born in 1914 in New Jersey. His Irish Catholic mother and English Protestant father were divorced early in his life. She was the product of a alcoholic home. Alcohol isn't mentioned in this song, but is an important aspect of life between the Orange and the Green. The term used was "Dirty Irish Catholic" all through that neighborhood right up through the 1940-50's. Although his mother wasn't an ideal mother, my Dad eventually recognized she had a much more authentic life than his father. My father married a German who didn't grow up anywhere near New Jersey.
@@kenosha1946
Youve got this completely wrong mate.
The "Orange" refers to Ulster-born Scots-descent Protestants (what you yanks call "Scots-Irish...and what we call the "Ulster Scots"), and the "Green" refers to Catholic republican Irish-descent people.
Nothing to do with people born in New York!
...no matter how "Irish" you like to pretend to be!
Do like me, go Orthodox and choose yellow.
My father's parents. One Protestant, the other Catholic. They had seven children and would try to sneak their children off to Church for baptism in their own Church as they both spied and intercepted each other so their little bundles of joy could only be baptised in their religion.
At any family reunion this is a classic!
This is the cold war we should've learned about in school.
Thats stupid
My Catholic granny confessed on her deathbed that she'd smuggled me into Donegal and had me baptized as a Catholic when I was a baby. When I told my mother, she started looking a bit shifty. Turns out my Protestant granny had done exactly the same thing.
@@clarebowden1040 well you are one step ahead of us poor bastards, if they dont acceot you in catholic heaven they will get you into the protestant one just to mess with the others.
Thank you very much for posting this video. I have an elderly parent with dementia who got so much joy out of being able to sing along to this song and other Irish songs that had lyrics large enough to read and follow along ....this music brought her back to life and made her very very happy as well as the family
It's a UK song.
True enough
Written by a Liverpool man Anthony Murphy
"One day, me ma's relations came round to visit me. Just as me father's kinfolk were all sitting down to tea. We tried to smothe things over but both sides began to fight. And me being STRICTLY neutral, I basehed everyone in sight".
A typical christmas in my family.....
Christmas not every day
This was the most beautiful part
When my Family's Relative from the Countryside visit the City.....My Mom and Dad had different religion. I was branded for being disrespectful because I'm a Neutral person and one of my relatives start talking shit about religion said "Catholics pray a stick, Jehovah's Witnesses doesn't believe Christmas and blah blah blah" and it get to the point that I get pissed. I softly yelled "yeah Praying a stick is better than getting pregnant in Bible School, pretending to be holy but a slut. Are you sure you're going to heaven? and I think it's better being an open slut than going to Bible School pretending to be right and holy but a slut in secret going to the hotel in Valentines.. If I were Father God and Jesus I would slap their faces".
Take note I live in Philippines where saying like this is considered disrespectful but I can't help it.
@@kathleenabbu8553 don't worry, i understand where you are getting at with this.
Me, personally, I find some things not making sense or even being contradictory. But none of it I have any problems with.
What I DO have a problem with is people trying to force their beliefs onto others.
Like it should be as simple as knocking on someone's front door, asking if they are intrested, they provide a "yes" or a "no" and then the individual going door to door says "okay, thank you for your time, I am sorry to have intruded".
Unfortunately, not everyone is as polite as they should be.
In terms of comments and/or insults, I think its best for someone to try and keep those to themselves not just because of disrespect but also because that it makes whoever said them look like the bad guy regardless of the legitimacy of the statement.
Religion and politics... two things that no one should EVER discuss if they are on opposing sides of the topic because you either make a friend or you start a war...
Both figuratively and literally.
A very Irish way to handle that situation.
I loved The Irish Rovers as a little girl, I'd sit in a rocking chair, and sing them to my heart's content. I knew all of them, and constantly wanted them to be played on my parent's stereo/record player. Those were the days
Having grown up.in northern Ireland during the height of the troubles. Having friends on both sides I can absolutely completely relate to this.
United Irish men. From good old Wolftone. Now I've got some great friends who are protestant and they're perfectly sound. 🟩👍🟧 🇮🇪🇮🇪
While I was growing up, this was the record I'd play for hours! I knew every word to every song The Irish Rovers ever put out
Me, too - and I still do!
Me too!
Loved it! I've worked and drank wit Green n
Orange, Picts, Brits, Ausies, Yanks, HotnTots and Eskimos. We all agree we love a jar o the pure and friends to drink with.
I set both orange and green
The Protestants chose orange in honor of William III the Duke of Orange who was a protestant king of England which supported protestants. The Catholics chose green because green was always the original color of Ireland and because of this it shows their resentment to the English throne. I hope I helped you.
Trenzun's Video Games mo blue Was, green dates to mid 17th century
You don't get it my maiden name fall on both sides... You insensitive jerk
William was king of halland
@@dominicthumath3524 No he wasn't
Source: I am a dutchy
Not king never excepted the throne
I recall listening to The Irish Rovers as a kid and loving it. My parents(and myself) are Lutherans. It was years later when I learned what "Orange and Green" referred to in this song. Always love a group who combines humor with a good song!
I love these old school irish/scottish songs. It's painfully obvious that this is where GOOD country music gets its roots. Makes me proud to be scotch irish
you're scot irish but you support slavery?
@llewelyn1999x no I don't support slavery. Neither did Robert E Lee. If you were even remotely educated on the subject you would know that the Civil war was fought over state's rights and eminent domain and the south had MULTIPLE all irish regiments fighting for the confederacy
Also Lincoln owned slaves and his weren't freed til almost 10 years after emancipation. Plus there were also slaves all over the north too. You can still see plantation houses complete with slave quarters to this day even in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Illinois, etc. The war WAS NOT FOUGHT OVER SLAVERY
@@lillianbunny99 AAAAANNNNNNDDDDD there were thousands upon thousands of slaves who even after finding about about emancipation and essentially given a free pass to the north escorted by union troops REFUSED to turn against their fellow southerners.
@@lillianbunny99 there's even a confederate slave/soldier famous for being especially brutal against union troops and being offered over 5 chances to run free for his heroism and refused every one. Preferring to stay and fight against the oppressive union
What a catchy tune to illustrate a really dark concept :)
I am Orthodox I truly am but this songs the heart just sings along much love from Greece
Διακοπές του *Αγίου Πατρικίου* της Ιρλανδίας στις _30 Μαρτίου_
My father he was in PASOK, my mother in ND!!
Irish rovers at it again. Drunken sailor to the orange and the green. Great bunch of lads.
2:15 when Switzerland joins a war
Switzerland would just stand there.
@@trashman7906 Maybe, but not for pacifist reasons. Soldiers from Switzerland had been fighting for german, french and italian kings and nobles for centuries, depending on who paid them. I think there was a battle in northern Italy, once, that didn't take place, because the Swiss mercenaries had to too many cousins on the other side and refused to fight. d;-)
@@Red-jl7jj still does.
More like Sweden (coming from a Norwegian knowing what the «neutral» Swedes did to my fleeing people in the 40s)
"My learning was all done at home, that's why I'm such a fool" lol
= Homeschooling in times of corona 😂
Call me a nitwit but my grandmother that got the vaccination died in 3 months because of cancer afterward
haha I swear this was written for me ! Mum catholic and dad protestant ... I might show them this. They will probably laugh like hell
jude davidson I'm English, but my mum had an Irish catholic dad and a protestant mum with a Dutch last name. As for my dad's family no-one really knows where they came from originally, and they are strictly non-religious, but they all have these large hooked schnozzes, if you know what I mean. Reminds me of the joke where the punchline goes "but are you a catholic or a protestant jew?". Yes!
My sister is expecting and her baby will be in the same boat, yes you guessed it, she's catholic and the father is protestant, might play them this at Christmas, they'll laugh like hell. lol
What’s up with dads being Protestants their wife’s have bigger balls then them if she’s catholic
I beat this. Both grandmothers catholic and both grandfathers protestant. My father is catholic and my mother protestant. I think about taking a catholic just to hold up the "tradition"...
Was a popular song in the 70s, yes they would laugh lol
And to piss me entire family off I converted to orthodoxy
Its your life, you don't need your family's permission to believe in something.
BEGOME ORDODOX :DDD -GOD EMPEROR
you just chose the right religion
I'm pretty sure to the greensmen, they'd be fine because your not protesting god now.
What color is Orthodoxy anyway? Yellow? Purple?
I thought the song was gonna end with him throwing some on something white and climbing up the flagpole to fly on high..
I wonder how Irish Catholics feel about having orange hair.
They call it red. Problem solved.
Nothing, soulless gingers
Fine lol
In Australia, we call it blue.
@@dropbearknives4831 Why?
Such a simple issue this fellow faces. It could be worse. I am from Turkey. My father was Muslim. My mother was Methodist. I was educated in a Catholic school. I play bass guitar for a Gospel group from an African Pentecostal Church.
@G G almost 900 now but apart from that yeah i agree
@@KeranKeranos Now this OP is probably also emitting a magnetic attraction to pull Greeks, Kurds and Armenians into his orbit
@@KeranKeranos The reformation occurred 500 years ago.
Reverend George there was 300 years of oppression and colonialism towards Ireland from England before there was such a thing as Protestantism. That’s the thing, the problem isn’t religion, it’s imperialism. Religious difference was just used as a tool to divide
@@PhilHoy97 After the Reformation would people have decided to either confirm or renounce their Catholic faith on the basis of their politics rather than their theological beliefs? As a tool for division it has worked extremely well.
Absolutely wonderful and uplifting.
I'm half Chinese on my dad's side, and Irish/Western European from my mother's.
This song hits me in a very special way😅
superb, i first heard this in the Irish/catholic club in Duseberry in about 65 shows up the absurdity of religious divide
My parents are former Catholics. Dad’s now agnostic and mom is Protestant. I had two staunch catholic grandmas though. And then I was baptized in a Protestant Church but just four and a half months ago became a Catholic. I went to confession, was received into the church, confirmed and received communion. But my entire family is a mix of Protestant Catholic, agnostic, and we even have one branch of LDS. So this song is somewhat relatable hahaha.
Welcome to the green side 🙏
Welcome home! All your Grandmas prayers!
Why not try a direct link to the one G-d of monotheism via Judaism?
Ten Hail Mary's for posting this 🤣🥃
it's easier to appreciate this song when you know about the history between the protestants and the catholics in Ireland
no its more sad, cause the Protestants and Catholics used to fight for Ireland's freedom together
This is true. I was outside a Catholic church one evening (in the USA) and a piper played this one, I started laughing and other people looked at me like I was crazy.
I realized that someone who didn’t know much about the history of Ireland would be very confused by this song
Not just in Ireland. Scotland too, as well as in North America (particularly Canada which, unlike the U.S.A. and most of Britain has a larger RC than Protestant Christian population).
actually you can appreciate it more when you lived it....lol
My father's side of the family was Catholic, while my mother's was Protestant. Since my mother was more involved with her church than my father was with his, my younger siblings and I were all baptized at her church. That didn't stop my father's Catholic nun aunts from trying to prevent the rest of his relatives from going to the baptisms. I was learning this song in music class around the time of one of those incidents, and I couldn't help but laugh at it, lol
The Coronavirus may have resulted in the St. Patrick's Day parades in both New York City and Boston, but at least they can't cancel the music.
Классная песня👍 люблю ирландские песни.
Since I'm neither Catholic nor Protestant, I enjoyed this song quite a bit. A Happy St. Patrick's Day wish to everyone.
+KonradAdenauerJr I'm Catholic and I loved it haha. It also has alot of historical references to the history of Ireland which is also great.
KonradAdenauerJr Protestant but my ex was a Catholic and a Czech
you an orthodox?
this is why i love irish music:good story telling and you get in peoples head
Now the Orange and the Green today are now at war you see,
But Protestant and Catholic, well it's all the same to me
Now me parents have been turning in their graves since I turned White and Blue,
Cause you see last year I converted and today I am a Jew
Óglaigh Na hEireann hahahaha thats funny
Well, why not? Now you can fight the Arabs like the rest of us! 😏
Even better, become Eastern Orthodox. Ultimate sectarianism!
Respect!!!!
LOL! You are awesome.
Im Orange and the Wife is Green and we love this song!
I think that could be a good defence for wife beating!!! If your in a Northern court!!!
I set both orange and green
ThomasIRL95 I think he means Protestant, not actually an Orangeman 😂
Don't leave your kids caught in the awful color problem of the Orange and the Green.
and you are still together?
I love this song. There is one thing I noticed, though: this is the only version that I've heard or seen videos of that includes the verse which starts "now when I'd sing them rebel songs..."
Now I am just a country lad,
Much time outside I had,
To watch the sunrise and sunset
Before I went to bed.
Then one day on the farm,
I sat down and I thought,
When God created colours, well,
I'm sure He meant no harm.
Oh it is the biggest mix up,
That you have ever seen;
Me father, he was Orange,
And me mother, she was green.
And then you have these others too,
There's colours all around,
There will be red and there'll blue,
And mixtures, too, abound.
Now I do not know what others say,
But this I know is right,
If Jesus picked a colour,
He would always go for white.
Oh it is the biggest mix-up,
That you have ever seen,
Me father, he was Orange,
And me mother, she was Green.
Forget the Black Vs White issues, the REAL problems lay with the Orange and the Green.
Lol that's true
True.
this song perfectly represents me. Ma was green and da was orange
My Grandma was Protestant, though we weren’t in Northern Ireland, Dad was baptised and christened Presbyterian but isn’t a believer. Grans family came from wales around the border…. And my grandads from Liverpool and Ireland before that (though he wasn’t a man of particular faith) my Mum however was Catholic along with everyone else in her side of the family. My Grandma always had us say prayers ect… but was in no way pushy about her Protestantism (only knew she didn’t want to be Catholic) No surprise I turned out Catholic.
I saw these guy's live in "TO" Canada and they played there hearts out. All the classics and more
Fabulous lyrics. Wish they’d bring back songs like this. Good old fashioned, straight fighting...😊
im from new york, my mom is irish and catholic my grandparents from kerry and my dads a mutt and protestant. Im proud of my fenian heritage even though i was raised protestant
Not really something to be proud of
Interestingly enough, we had Irish Regiments here in America. Some of them served in the Southern Army during the Civil War, or War of Northern Aggression, as we in the South prefer to call it. I believe a songwriter and musician who served in one of those Irish Regiments during that Era must have written the Lyrics to a Confederate States Battle Song called, "The Wearing of the Grey", and chosen to set it to exactly the same melody as this beautiful Irish Rebel Tune being sung here, and entitled, "The Orange and the Green." If you haven't heard it, you might want to give it a listen. I believe you'll love it, as much as you do this song. I know I do. They're both beautiful songs. Long live Liberty, both in Ireland, and in America. Oooorah!!!!!!!!!
This isn't a rebel song...
It's not an Irish rebel tune this song was written so both sides can sing and enjoy the song same with the song called "Auld Orange flute" also written for both to enjoy but its heavily mistaken as a loyalist tune. Maybe you should open your ears and read the lyrics it's clearly not a rebel tune and I'm speaking as a Protestant Unionist from Northern Ireland and as a man who hates Irish republicanism. As for Robert E Lee when he was asked by a reporter after the American Civil War what made the best soldier he replied "The Scottish who came here by the way of Ireland as they had the swiftness of the Irish to take positions and the stubbornness of the Scottish to defend it" he referred to the soldiers of Ulster Scots decent Protestants and their forefathers was loyal to the British crown plus the term "Hillbilly" is reference to the Ulster Scot Protestant soldiers who fought for King William III (Billy) during the glorious revolution in Ireland against the Catholic King James II they and many for their children would move to the Appalachian mountains (hill). It is estimated Ulster Scots made up around 40% of the Confederate army who your so called Irish rebels made up barely 5-10% learn some history before spouting especially when the North was recruiting Irish Catholic rebels in huge numbers when they got off the boats in New York and Boston to fight the Confederate States upwards of nearly 25-30% of the Northern Army was newly arrived Irish "rebel" immigrants no harm but it sounds like you like pandering with the enemy of your Confederate ancestors
wearing of the grey is to the tune of wearing of the green
When I started hearing the song I thought I accidentally played the rising of the Moon, literally same melody, both awesome songs btw
I had a workmate (Scottish Protestant but brought up speaking Gaelic in Northern Ireland) who married a Catholic Irishman.
They solved the problem by emigrating to Australia - there was distinct hostility from her family towards him for being her "Mick boyfriend" and towards her for marrying outside her religion.
Actually I am the other way around Catholic Father and Protestant Mother
My Mum was a Protestants , My Father Patrick and myself and brother Michael were Catholics.
My Grandfather was a catholic and my Grandmother a protestant. 😂
White text with blue background brings me joy because of the TH-cam golden days
My father, God rest his soul, was raised a Cornish-English/Irish/Scottish Episcopalian, while my mother is a Mexican/Portuguese Catholic…fortunately, my father converted to Catholicism when he married my mother.
Proud Irish American!!!!
I’m the biggest mix up but my father was of green and mother was orange but I’m same stay neutral and bash everyone in sight lol
Where I live that'll be my case.
Lets have at er
Then you’ll tell the truth, won’t you?
Welcome to the club of mixed Kids🤣 dad is Puerto Rican mom German
This song always brings me back to my boyhood with my old man and his tape deck some thirty years or more ago. God, I miss him and being a happy-go-lucky kid.
Fantastic tune!
Love it. Best version I've heard
Kind of describes my upbringing in a way! Adoptive family hated "provos". My birth father was Irish Catholic, while my entire maternal family belonged to the Orange lodge. Much to the dismay of my family, I empatihize with my father's family lol
Sooo beautiful makes me cry every time
Interestingly enough, we had Irish regiments in the Confederate states of America here during the War of Northern Aggression between the Yankee Federalists in the North, and the Confederate, or Rebel States in the South, where I grew up. One of them must have written the words to a Confederate Battle Song called "The Wearing of the Grey" because he set it to exactly the same melody to which this Irish Rebel Tune from Ireland is set. All he changed were the lyrics. The melody remains identical. If you haven't heard it yet, give it a listen. I believe you'll love listening to it as much as I love listening to this this song from Ireland because the melodies to both are identical. I doubt very seriously that it's a coincidence.
As a Scottish-Irish American, I pray for the day God Saves Ireland and brings the Orange and the Green under one Ireland
God save Ireland!!!! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
🏴💙 Alba Gu Bràth
🇮🇪💚 Erin Go Bargh
#TiocfaidhArLa
❤cuimhnigh ar na daoine a d'tianing sibh uathu
United Ireland under Britain ❤️ 🇬🇧
@@pmlima4120 no, already tried that and ot didn't work
@@frederickiiprussia7699 Ireland also tried to unite but ehhh terrorism is bad and they couldnt so yeah lets stay divided….
@@pmlima4120 while I condemn terrorism in any shape or form, it didnt start until AFTER the butchered peace following the established Central Irish government.
It's also important to note that a United Ireland was only stopped by the Anglo-Irish minority of Ulster; everyone else wanted an independent Ireland. Instead of followi g through on their promise to formally end their Union, Britain assisted the Central Irish government only to secure the valuable and strategic naval ports such as Derry and Belfast
This song is proof that Ireland should be seen as an honorary part of the Balkans.
@Absolute Negation I'm fine with that.
Thank you
My Grandfather was Orange ( English) and my Grandmother was Green Irish. Back around 1900 their parents weren’t fond of them getting married so they eloped! My Dad was brought up catholic as so was I.
My Northern Irish Cousin recently married a Southern Irish lad and that was quite awkward with a protestant family on one side of the church and catholic on the right especially seeing as she was converting to Catholic for him.
Well now was it for him or was it for herself? My mother converted from lutheranism to Catholic and a big part of it was that the ELA of the time and place was very bitter. Now mind, her father, a superb and gentle man, really didn't care, since he was a Swede but the mother of the bride was quite upset. Grampa had the family doctor get her good and doped up so she would go to the wedding and sit down and behave.
And I am not kidding.
My dad was Irish catholic and my mom is not so growing up this was very much my life 😂
haha great song
i love Ireland
Oh wow, I haven't heard this song since elementary school music class. Thanks for posting it!
The Nothern Ireland comedian Jimmy Young sang a song called The Non Sectarian Football Team which gave the Protestant and Roman Catholic traditions, as they say over here in Northern Ireland, "A wee touch"
This song made me laugh so much I love it 😂😂😂
What a terrific way to spend 3 & 1/2 minutes ....
I giggled all the way through .....
thanks boys
Irish always have the best songs and singers
Great song great post
Friends always say stop listening to Irish music and my excuse is "I can't its in my blood!"
+SEAN FARNSWORTH Same
im 100% irish. its In my blood to enjoy this, I can understand too lol ;)
+SEAN FARNSWORTH I don't even have Irish ancestry, but I think I might be a reincarnated Irish spirit because I listen to this kind of music all day long while I work.
I am Georgian, we have great folk music ourself, but I can't stop listening to Irish folk music!
Maybe its because the Irish have genuinely awesome tunes
Yes. Very funny. I would even say that Irish have similar to Russians sense of humor. At least in west Europe.
Interesting. What similarities do you see?
Great to see both sides kind of get along with this song.
Class song encompassing the Orange and the green! Oh, if it were only like this every day ;-)) Hello from Northern Ireland x
Born green, live green, die green 🍀🍀😍💯
yes
Down with the orange & LONG LIVE THE GREEN!!! 🇮🇪🍻🍀🍀🍀
Why so divisive? I took a class in university on the irish revolution and another on the troubles. Yes, I understand the conflict, I will always understand why people fight for what they believe is right, it makes us human after all. However this must be said. Why carry on a sectarian conflict that has cost so so many lives on both ends. The bible tells both catholics and protestants "thou shalt not kill" and to love thy neighbour. The catholics and more importantly the Gaelics had to fight to be recognized and have power over their own future. This happened in 1905 with the founding of the Gaelic League, it happened in 1916, it happened with the general election of 1918 and it definitely happened with the indepence of Ireland in 1937. I find it pitiful that old fights are still continuing with people like you, using disparaging language against people for what? Not having the same opinion as you?
I set both orange and green
🍀🍻🍀🍻🍀🍻🍀🍻🍀🍻
one day a king with why to combine both Nation the ivy Buick and London Grace
Thenyssanator have you ever tried being married to a catholic?
a happy st Patrick for everyone!
I'm so glad I have Irish in me! Down side: VERY short temper! I love some Irish music! I even took the liberty to learn the dances!!!!!!
Its been a long time since I had some Irish in Me!!! :p
Quite a common occurrence. I’ve known lots of friends who are even Jewish and married to people of the church ☑️What’s the big deal your parents love you no matter no matter you make your religion your friends accepted you wanna make a big deal be proud of your heritage it it’s
Sounds exactly like my family!😂
HAHAHAHA Adorei essa música...ótima pra tocar em Dia de São Patrício...
My Father was catholic from polish Ukraina, my Mother a kind of protestant from hungarian Erdély (now romanian Transylvania). I'm living in Poland... and I'm sixty-four. I'm not the biggest mix-up in Middle Europe...but it's painfull to live in the country where both of my parents were pissed off by their friends, 'cause they came to Poland from "nowhere".
Loved it!
Sure, "an tis a simple solution, me buck-o...Plaid.
I was going to suggest atheism.
This describes my sister and her boyfriend, we were raised Catholics and he and his family were raised Protestants. Then they had a child but unlike the song the baby was a girl.
Such an awesome song
You guys with your accents kill me! :D I love this song!
Surely green is the nicer colour.
Not necessarily. It all depends on the individual within the religion. I'm a proud LDS member, but I'm not strict on my beliefs towards others (unless they try to test my virtues). Others of my Faith will stop at nothing to convert everyone. Don't assume that one religion is nicer than the other, it's the people that are nicer than others.
@@TheDreameroflove Why are you talking about religion?
we are all irish and the day will come when we will need to stand together
a long time in the future
I am from Georgia and my country has same situation with Russia as Ireland has with England. I wish you, all The Irish, to become united again!
glory glory glasgow ranger.
Konstantine Guruli No its not the same mate, we like our neighbours but won't join them in the same house.
I set both orange and green
🍀🍻🍀🍻🍀🍻🍀🍻🍀🍻
one day a king with why to combine both Nation the ivy Buick and London Grace
( 🇮🇹=🇬🇧)
Brings back many a memory .....thx
Orange man good!
The true story of my family (with less drama and the parent's roles reversed).
firstly, I'm not Chris. I'm his dad. Secondly, contrary to the last verses of this song, home schooled people are some of the most intelligent, well balance and humane people I know.
+Jerry Cool I never told you or anyone how your kids should be raised. I was simply stating a fact. Second, if you believe that all homeschoolers are responsible for Hitler or the crucifixion, think again. Judas and Hitler were just two scenarios, and both were over seventy years ago. Third, my family is in no way rich. Fourth, I have no desire to live in a libertarian Orwellian society. Fifth, you have given me no representative example that homeschoolers are not better people or more intelligent, and finally, sixth, your reaction was wholly uncalled for. If you wish to continue the debate, please do so in a polite way, and don't give me the feeling that Trump is typing those words.
My life right here and married a Scot and moved to Canada and now we are back to fighting for Freedom!
Thank you!
This could be me, but my dad is Irish from Waterford, and my mum is English from Bristol.
"proper f👀ked"...😂
Wearing of the green
as a Dutchy I'm honored to have our color fly proudly on the Irish flag! :D
Funny song, but I like it!!