《The Old Orange Flute》歌词

[00:03:05] 浣滆瘝 : Traditional

[00:03:05] The Old Orange Flute

[00:03:05] In the county Tyrone, near the town of Dungannon

[00:03:05] Where many's the ruction meself had a hand in

[00:03:05] Bob Williamson lived there, a weaver by trade

[00:03:05] And all of us thought him a stout Orange blade.

[00:03:05] On the twelfth of July as it yearly did come

[00:03:05] Bob played on the flute to the sound of the drum

[00:03:05] You can talk of your fiddles, your harp or your lute

[00:03:05] But there's nothing could sound like the Old Orange Flute.

[00:03:05] But the treacherous scoundrel, he took us all in

[00:03:05] For he married a Papist named Bridget McGinn

[00:03:05] Turned Papish himself and forsook the Old Cause

[00:03:05] That gave us our freedom, religion and laws.

[00:03:05] And the boys in the county made such a stir on it

[00:03:05] They forced Bob to flee to the province of Connaught;

[00:03:05] Took with him his wife and his fixins, to boot,

[00:03:05] And along with the rest went the Old Orange Flute.

[00:03:05] Each Sunday at mass, to atone for past deeds,

[00:03:05] Bob said Paters and Aves and counted his beads

[00:03:05] Till one Sunday morn, at the priest's own require

[00:03:05] Bob went for to play with the flutes in the choir.

[00:03:05] He went for to play with the flutes in the mass

[00:03:05] But the instrument quivered and cried."O Alas!"

[00:03:05] And blow as he would, though he made a great noise,

[00:03:05] The flute would play only "The Protestant Boys".

[00:03:05] Bob jumped up and huffed, and was all in a flutter.

[00:03:05] He pitched the old flute in the blest holy water;

[00:03:05] He thought that this charm would bring some other sound,

[00:03:05] When he tried it again, it played "Croppies Lie Down!"

[00:03:05] And for all he would finger and twiddle and blow

[00:03:05] For to play Papish music, the flute would not go;

[00:03:05] "Kick the Pope" to "Boyne Water" was all it would sound

[00:03:05] Not one Papish bleat in it could e'er be found.

[00:03:05] At a council of priests that was held the next day

[00:03:05] They decided to banish the Old Flute away;

[00:03:05] They couldn't knock heresy out of its head

[00:03:05] So they bought Bob another to play in its stead.

[00:03:05] And the Old Flute was doomed, and its fate was pathetic

[00:03:05] 'Twas fastened and burnt at the stake as heretic.

[00:03:05] As the flames rose around it, you could hear a strange noise

[00:03:05] 'Twas the Old Flute still a-whistlin' "The Protestant Boys".

[00:03:05] Note: the tune Protestant Boys is also known as Lilliburlero RG

[00:03:05] Recorded by Patric Galvin, Clancys

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