《The Old Orange Flute》歌词

[00:00:00] The Old Orange Flute (Live) - The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem

[00:00:55] In the county tyrone near the town of dungannon

[00:00:59] Where many's the ruction meself had a hand in

[00:01:02] Bob williamson lived there a weaver by trade

[00:01:06] And all of us thought him a stout orange blade

[00:01:09] On the twelfth of july as it yearly did come

[00:01:13] Bob played on the flute to the sound of the drum

[00:01:16] You can talk of your fiddles your harp or your lute

[00:01:20] But there's nothing could sound like the old orange flute

[00:01:24] But the treacherous scoundrel he took us all in

[00:01:27] For he married a papist named bridget mcginn

[00:01:30] Turned papish himself and forsook the old cause

[00:01:34] That gave us our freedom religion and laws

[00:01:38] And the boys in the county made such a stir on it

[00:01:41] They forced bob to flee to the province of connaught

[00:01:45] Took with him his wife and his fixins to boot

[00:01:48] And along with the rest went the old orange flute

[00:01:51] Each sunday at mass to atone for past deeds

[00:01:55] Bob said paters and aves and counted his beads

[00:01:59] Till one sunday morn at the priest's own require

[00:02:02] Bob went for to play with the flutes in the choir

[00:02:05] He went for to play with the flutes in the mass

[00:02:09] But the instrument quivered and cried o alas

[00:02:12] And blow as he would though he made a great noise

[00:02:16] The flute would play only the protestant boys

[00:02:19] Bob jumped up and huffed and was all in a flutter

[00:02:23] He pitched the old flute in the blest holy water

[00:02:26] He thought that this charm would bring some other sound

[00:02:30] When he tried it again it played croppies lie down

[00:02:33] And for all he would finger and twiddle and blow

[00:02:37] For to play papish music the flute would not go

[00:02:40] Kick the pope to boyne water was all it would sound

[00:02:43] Not one papish bleat in it could e'er be found

[00:02:47] At a council of priests that was held the next day

[00:02:50] They decided to banish the old flute away

[00:02:54] They couldn't knock heresy out of its head

[00:02:57] So they bought bob another to play in its stead

[00:03:01] And the old flute was doomed and its fate was pathetic

[00:03:06] 'Twas fastened and burnt at the stake as heretic

[00:03:10] As the flames rose around it you could hear a strange noise

[00:03:13] 'Twas the old flute still a whistlin' the protestant boys

[00:03:17] Toora lu toora lay

[00:03:20] Twas fastened and burned at the stake as a heretic