The Orange and the Green - Anthony Murphy (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins
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- The Orange and the Green - Anthony Murphy (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins
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"The Orange and the Green" is a jocular Irish folk song about a man whose father was a Protestant ("Orange") and mother a Catholic ("Green"). It describes the man's struggle to reconcile both sides of his family in the face of their seemingly insurmountable differences, while also noting the humorous but unfortunate fact that prior to his birth, they seemed to have got on just fine.
This song was written by Anthony Murphy of Liverpool, and is sung to the same tune as "The Wearing of the Green", which is also used in "The Rising of the Moon", another Irish ballad. Because of its proximity to other rebel tunes like "Rising of the Moon" and the singer's apparent proclivity toward his mother rather than his father (he proudly strolled to mass and sang rebel songs of his own accord), I like to consider this a rebel song as well. It has been recorded by bands such as The Irish Rovers, The Wolfe Tones, and Paddy Reilly among others.
Lyrics:
Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father he was orange and my mother she was green
Oh my father was an Ulsterman, 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 and things got rather tough
Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father he was orange and my mother she was green
Baptised by father Reilly, I was rushed away by car
To be made a little orangeman, my father's shining star
I was christened David Anthony, but still in spite of that
To my father I was William while my mother called me Pat
Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father he was orange and my mother she was green
With mother every Sunday to mass I'd proudly stroll
Then after that the orange lads would try to save my soul
For both sides tried to claim me, but I was smart because
I played the flute or played the harp, depending where I was
Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father he was orange and my mother she was green
Now when I'd sing them rebel songs much to me mother's joy
My father would jump up and say 'look here me William boy'
That's quite enough of that lot, he'd then toss me a coin
And have me sing the Orange Flute or the Heroes of the Boyne
Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father he was orange and my mother she was green
One day my ma's relations came round to visit me
Just as my father's kinfolk were all sittin' down to tea
We tried to smooth things over, but they 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
My father he was orange and my mother she was green
Now 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
My father he was orange and my mother she was green
Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father he was orange and my mother she was green
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Lol, I'm also of the orange and the green, but my dad is the Catholic, and my mum, the Protestant 😆 the different halves didn't have many issues with each other however. (My parents did date secretly for 6 years in Derry though 😅)
Finally. Finally a full cover, my day is complete and I’ll go into the woods and listen to this for a bit
‘Neath oak, and ash, and thorn, will you?
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up
That you have ever seen
My father, he was orange
And my mother, she was green
Oh, my father was an Ulsterman, proud Protestant was he
My mother was a Catholic girl, from County Cork was she
They married in two churches, lived happily enough
Until the day that I was born, and things got rather rough
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up
That you have ever seen
My father, he was orange
And my mother, she was green
Baptized by Father Riley, I was rushed away by car
To be made a little Orangeman, my father's shining star
I was christened David Anthony, but still, in spite of that
To my father, I was William, while my mother called me Pat
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up
That you have ever seen
My father, he was orange
And my mother, she was green
With mother every Sunday, to mass I'd proudly stroll
Then, after that, the orange lot would try to save my soul
Both sides would try to claim me, but I was smart because
I'd play the flute or play the harp depending where I was
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up
That you have ever seen
My father, he was orange
And my mother, she was green
Now, when I'd sing them rebel songs, much to my mother's joy
My father would jump up and say "Look here, my William boy,
That's quite enough of that lot!" he'd then toss me a coin
And have me sing the Orange Flute or the Heroes of the Boyne
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up
That you have ever seen
My father, he was orange
And my mother, she was green
One day, my ma's relations came round to visit me
Just as my father's kinfolk were all sitting down to tea
We tried to smooth things over, but they began to fight
And, being strictly neutral, I bashed everyone in sight
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up
That you have ever seen
My father, he was orange
And my 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
My father, he was orange
And my mother, she was green
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up
That you have ever seen
My father, he was orange
And my mother, she was green
Another case of a song that I never quite dared to hope you'd do a full cover of XD. Thank you loads, Seth.
My pleasure!
Your twin is good at playing the guitar
One of my favorite silly Irish songs great job
Oh my god , wow beautiful, I am Canadian, my fathers , fathers , father and do on Irish , so beautiful your voice , thank you and god bless you , you bring such happiness 🥰🥰
Weirdly enough, I am not kidding apparently this song reflects my own life. What major example my mother is Catholic, and my father is Protestant lutheran. My mother was born in Texas, which is part of the South. My father was born in Iowa, which is part of the north. I've had both sides of my family fighting in the civil war. And as well my mother has majority of Celtic ancestry (Welsh, Irish Scottish), and my father has a lot of German and Scandinavian ancestry. As well my first name is of Irish origin being Connor, while my middle name is somewhat more of a German or Protestant type of name known as William. Then there is actually when it comes to music, my mother she is a fan of Celtic and country, and my father is a fan of German and rock and roll. And the really weird thing both sides of my family I can never exactly agree with, as I like to stay fully neutral between the two 😂😂😂😂
Awesome that you’ve eight connections to the song-I love those! Bet your family reunions were quite interesting…
I was nearly caught in this place, and I guess when the family got together it can be a bit problematic(: we come on mom’s side from McCracken (related to Henry Joy), a heavily Protestant line, and my dad was raised Catholic and tho he is now a Protestant, his family is devout Catholic while mom’s is Protestant.
The only time we really saw a divide was at my Grandma’s funeral, when Catholic services were provided. The Protestant side didn’t have a clue as to the rosary, and in the service, we made the mistake of trying to end the Lord’s Prayer (so were the only speaking when the Catholic side knew the church had changed it). Really funny in hindsight. I don’t know if you have a preferred side, but I will say that both sides have absolutely beautiful traditions, especially the rite of the tapestry (C) and the Easter cross processional and candlelight Christmas Eve (P).
Me too. Except mine is the opposite. By dad was Catholic and my mom protestant. I am to Catholic for my mom's side but to Protestant for my dad's. I do play the flute or the harp depending where I am.
@@menyou1443 My sister-in-law had her baby baptized at 3 months in a Roman Catholic church. The priest made a plea for the family to come to further masses and celebrate the baby's first communion. My family has always been Protestant for generations: my mother Lutheran and my father Anglican, nobody on our side of the family has a clue about Roman Catholicism despite our family name being French-Canadian--Goneau which the baby carried, of course, since it is my brother's surname. Suddenly, the priest realized that we weren't Roman Catholic and just shut up about trying to recruit us to Roman Catholicism. I just posted "The Irish Rovers'" versions of the song on a site where people have been all in a twitter about a university President claiming she had Micmaw heritage and getting an award as if she was a status Indigenous person. My position is that she made an honest mistake or even is of Micmaw (Micmac) heritage. We have other failings in university education to perseverate about IMHO. I can't believe the story made the Guardian and CNN.
You sound a lot like my my mom is from Georgia my dad Oregon I sound like my mom I think and eat like my dad
William has been used by a lot of country most commonly associated England
One of my favorite irish songs awesome to see one of my favorite musicians sing it!
Finally a full cover!! I love this song but could never find a good version- and once again you've taken the title of My Favorite Cover. It seems to happen with every new song you release!
Glad to hear it!
@@sethstatonwatkins As am I! ☺
@@sethstatonwatkins Please Please do Kelly's Irish brigade and/or Rosin the Beau. Both would be awesome there are to few versions of Kelly's Irish brigade out there and it would be awesome if you added it to the list of songs you might do!
All hail the Singing Irish Man 💪💪
Amazing Mate, Beautiful Cover! Absolutly loving the hyped mood in this song! Also Padrig Pearse Cover soon? 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪😁😁😁👍👍👍
Me and my buddy have been waiting for the full version forever thanks brother
YES!!! Ever since the short I've waited for this!! 👑🎶🍻
About damn time…
A save to my impossible week.
❤
Thank you!🥰
Nice song to start day with.
My fiancee and I are both American, but my family is Protestant and hers is Catholic so I appreciate this song lol
Religion has nothing to do with what’s happened in Ireland, if you were from here you would know that… so unless your family our secturan then what’s the problem? Here the problem is the British put British planters here on Irish land and forced the Irish to work there lands, so us Irish were being treated like second class in our own country by British invaders… the only thing about religion is the English / British planters happen to be Protestants and the Irish happen to be catholic mostly… ask any side from Ireland Religion has NOTHING to do with what has happened in Ireland
Both grandmothers were Catholic and both grandfathers were Protestant.
Finally the one I requested. Thanks so much. This is amazing.
Glad to hear it!
Love it as always. First time I’ve heard this song. I knew Wearing of the Green and Rising of the Moon but not this.
Could we get Kelly the Boy from Killane cover?
Been waiting for this one.
Love it. Definitely the best of many Irish songs I’ve heard
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This man can sing love the tunes mate draws me back in time a bit
This is probably the best cover on this channel in my opinion, I absolutely love this, the progress in making these covers has improved so much.. I couldn't be happier and it's not even my cover!
Glad you enjoy it!
I live in N.Ireland, my family is Protestant and my fiancé's is Catholic, and we've twins on the way 😅😂😂 we're sending them to an integrated primary school and then on to an irish secondary school so they can get the whole picture of our history and culture ( i also want them to learn gaelic).
Also, cause we're both athiests they'll never seen the inside of a church or chapel anyways 😂😂😂
This is one of my favorite songs and you're one of my favorite artists! What a great combo to wrap up my Thursday :)
Glad you enjoy it!
I love that you're having such a great time singing this song.😅
This is awesome Seth!!! So much energy!!!
I have said this on a video before, but the song represents the Irish flag, the Green = Irish catholics and the Orange ulster Protestants and the two religious denominations always were at odd but the son in this case is the white of the flag meaning peace and he always tries to keep the family the parents together but fails at times, and more closely he is a neutral zone being between the two and wanting peace.
Really catchy! I love it!
I've just been watching you grow these past few months and seeing you slowly get more views faster makes me happy cause you got talent, you deserve them
heck yeah you legend
Outstanding
yeeeeesss!
Absolutely wonderful
Always a good day when I see a new upload from you!
Glad to hear it!
Been looking forward to this one, Thank you!
I waited so long for this
2:01 "and been strictly neutral I bashed everything in sight" 😁😁😁
I love how neither of them respected his christening name, either… even the mother who chose it
Next could we see a cover of Patriot Game, Johnson's Motor Car or Creggan White Hare
There's still people alive today who refer to interdenominational marriages like this as "mixed marriages" religion really became a racialised term for a while.
Nice work.
I had this same situation as a kid, but instead of Orange & Green, it was Red & Blue.
What is Red and Blue
@@enoshnatir154Red is the official color of the Republican Party and Blue is the color of the Democratic Party
My mom is Democrat and my dad is a Republican
I showed this to a friend of mine who’s mothers a Lebanese Christian and his dads a Muslim, he wanted to write his own version lol
im from Finland.... I've no idea how this works.....
pfff, can you just not argue for one evening?!
you should do the man from the daily male
A cover of the thirty foot trailer by luke Kelly would be amazing
Is it possible to buy this? I searched but I can't find your version. Love it!
Not yet but maybe soon!
It’s out now … all streaming platforms. And I tunes :)
Principal Nezu: "Midoriya, why were you antagonizing your fellow heroes when they were rescuing Bakugō?"
Midoriya Izuku: *deep breath* "Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen.
Me father, he was Crimson and me uncle, he was Green.
Oh, my father's known as All For One, proud Puppeteer was he.
My uncle was a democide, killed plenty kids, did he.
They fought on for two centuries and it was rather rough,
Until the day that I was born and I had enough.
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen.
Me father, he was Crimson and me uncle, he was Green.
Baptized by Kurogiri, I was rushed away by car,
To be made a little Crimson-man, me father's shining star.
I was christened "M. Izuku" but still, in spite of that,
To the victims, I was "Genji," while the tyrants called me *that.*
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen.
Me father, he was Crimson and me uncle, he was Green!
With Uncle every weekday, to Class I'd proudly stroll.
Then after that, the Crimson lodge would try to save my soul.
For both sides tried to claim me, but I was smart because
I'd steal some shit or condemn kids, depending where I was.
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen.
Me father, he was Crimson and me uncle, he was Green.
And when I'd sing those fascist songs, much to my uncle's joy,
My father would jump up and say, "Look here, come here me boy!
That's quite enough of that, lad," he'd toss me o'er a coin,
He'd have me sing 'bout Robin Hood and giving people joy.
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen.
Me father, he was Crimson and me uncle, he was Green.
One day, one of my bullies was kidnapped, so you see,
And, in response, the Tyrants went out to set him free.
I tried to smooth things over but they began to fight, and being strictly neutral, I bashed everyone in sight.
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen.
Me father, he was Crimson and me uncle, he was Green.
Now those two men never could agree about my type of tool.
My learnin' was done all alone, that's why I'm not a fool.
They both are done, God rest 'em, but left me caught between
That awful colour problem of the Crimson and the Green.
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen.
Me father, he was Crimson and me uncle, he was Green.
Yes, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen.
Me father, he was Crimson and me uncle, he was Green."
*There's a good 5 minute pause after that.*
Izuku: "I don't care about any of this. All I care about is that my people are no longer victimized by so-called 'heroes.' You say that your job is to protect people, but what are people like All Might protecting by encouraging the oppression and execution of 4-year-olds?"
The Parting Glass maybe?
I've been a protestant, now catholic
"Being strictly neutral I blast everyone in sight"
I really relate to that line. I hate everyone.
Have you ever done johnny I hardly knew ya?
So, this is going on the next album yes?
Mine was green (father australian of scottish catholic, very faithful, ancestry) and red (mother of irish "catholic" in name only / strong union (communist/IRA) descent. One big mix up.
Hey, I noticed you privated your old cover of The Kerry Recruit, any reason why?
No longer proud of it… you can find it on the album tho.
irish? will you hear the song?
So this is an old video you "finally got around to posting"? The left and right videos are a different ratio than the center, skewed horizontally a 1/5th to 1/6 more than center
Nope videos are the same frame and filmed on the same day. Just different parts of the same wall overlayed.
He has such a great voice, it's just a shame he sings such corporate, sanitised versions of rebel songs. If you don't have the guts to sing rebel songs as they were written you shouldn't bother singing them at all. TAL
Care to elaborate? What songs have I sanitized and how?