Stan Rogers - House of Orange
CREDIT GOES TO: Gary Hine

Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)            CI (x32010@1)took back my hand, and I showed him the door
             Am (x02210@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)            FNo (133211@1)dollar of mine would I part with this day
     C (x32010@1)         Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)         CFor (x32010@1)fueling the engine of a bloody cruel war
      Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)        GIn (320003@1)my forefathers' home far away;


     Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)          CWho (x32010@1)fled the first famine wearing all that they owned
             Am (x02210@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)       FWere (133211@1)called navigators, all ragged and torn,
     C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)         CAnd (x32010@1) built the grand trunk here, and found a new home
    Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)          CWherever (x32010@1)their children were born.


      Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)         CTheir (x32010@1)sons have no politics. None can recall
                Am (x02210@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)      FAllegiance (133211@1)from long generations before
     C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)       CO'this (x32010@1)or O'that name can't matter at all.
   Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)        GOr (320003@1)be cause enough for to war.


   Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)          CAnd (x32010@1)meanwhile, my babies are safe in their home
                  Am (x02210@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)       FUnlike (133211@1)their pale cousins who cower and cry
        C (x32010@1)         Am (x02210@1)           F (133211@1)         CWhile (x32010@1)kneecappers nail their poor dads to the floor
    Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)          CAnd (x32010@1)teach them to hate and to die.


   Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)            CIt's (x32010@1)those cruel beggars who spurn the fair coin
                    Am (x02210@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)            FThe (133211@1)peace for their kids they could take at their will:
           C (x32010@1)         Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)           CSince (x32010@1)the day old king Billy prevailed at the Boyne
        Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)                GThey've (320003@1)bombed and they've maimed and they've killed.


         Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)           CNow (x32010@1)they cry out for money, and wail at the door
                   Am (x02210@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)        FBut (133211@1)home rule or republic, 'tis all of it shame;
     C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)           F (133211@1)       CAnd (x32010@1)a curse for us here who want nothing of war.
    Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)          CWe're (x32010@1)kindred in nothing but name.


   Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)               F (133211@1)         CAll (x32010@1)rights and all wrongs have long since blown away,
                Am (x02210@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)         FFor (133211@1)causes are ashes where children lie slain.
         C (x32010@1)      Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)       CYet (x32010@1)the damned U.D.L. and the cruel I.R.A.
      Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)        GWill (320003@1)tomorrow go murdering again.


   Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)            CBut (x32010@1)no penny of mine will I add to the fray
             Am (x02210@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)        F"Remember (133211@1)the Boyne" they will cry out in vain,
     C (x32010@1)         Am (x02210@1)           F (133211@1)         CFor (x32010@1)I've given my heart to the place I was born
        Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)            GAnd (320003@1)forgiven the whole House of Orange;
      Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)            CKing (x32010@1)Billy and the whole House of Orange.