The Ould Orange Flute-The Dubliners

[00:01.10]the old orange flute - the dubliners [00:02.59] [00:06.17]in the county tyrone near the town of dungannon [00:08.76] [00:10.50]where many the ructions meself had a hand in [00:13.62] [00:14.69]bob williamson lived a weaver by trade [00:17.01] [00:18.85]and all of us thought him a stout orange blade [00:21.48] [00:23.36]on the twelfth of july as it yearly did come [00:25.72] [00:27.14]bob played with his flute to the sound of a drum [00:29.72] [00:31.02]you may talk of your harp your piano or lute [00:33.77] [00:35.36]but none can compare with the old orange flute [00:37.73] [00:38.81]toora lu toora lu toora lay [00:43.07]oh it's six miles from bangor to donnahadee [00:44.94] [00:48.02]bob the deceiver he took us all in; [00:50.33] [00:51.56]he married a papist named bridget mcginn [00:54.43] [00:56.10]turned papist himself and forsook the old cause [00:58.79] [01:00.02]that gave us our freedom religion and laws [01:02.55] [01:04.08]now boys of the townland made some noise upon it [01:06.66] [01:07.77]and bob had to fly to the province of connaught [01:10.35] [01:11.43]he fled with his wife and his fixings to boot [01:14.33] [01:15.31]and along with the latter his old orange flute [01:18.06] [01:18.87]toora lu toora lu toora lay [01:22.87]oh it's six miles from bangor to donnahadee [01:24.74] [01:27.36]at the chapel on sunday to atone for past deeds [01:30.35] [01:31.23]he'd say pater and aves and counted his brown beads [01:33.95] [01:35.37]'til after some time at the priest's own desire [01:38.03] [01:40.38]he went with that old flute to play in the choir [01:42.50] [01:43.57]he went with that old flute for to play for the mass [01:46.04] [01:46.86]but the instrument shivered and sighed oh alas [01:49.09] [01:50.35]and try though he would though it made a great noise [01:53.37] [01:54.23]the flute would play only "the protestant boys " [01:56.33] [01:57.81]toora lu toora lu toora lay [02:01.73]oh it's six miles from bangor to donnahadee [02:03.30] [02:06.08]at the council of priests that was held the next day [02:08.56] [02:09.64]they decided to banish the old flute away [02:11.83] [02:13.65]they couldn't knock heresy out of it's head [02:16.11] [02:17.19]so they bought bob a new one to play in it's stead [02:19.93] [02:21.40]'twas fastened and burned at the stake as a heretic [02:24.27] [02:25.43]as the flames soared around it they heard a strange [02:30.50]noise; [02:30.75]'twas the old flute still whistling "the protestant [02:33.53]boys " [02:36.27]"toora lu toora lay toora lay [02:40.24]oh it's six miles from bangor to donnahadee "