Stan Rogers — The House of Orange

[Verse 1] I took back my hand and I showed him the door No dollar of mine would I part with this day For fueling the engines of bloody cruel war In my forefather's land far away Who fled the first Famine wearing all that they owned Were called 'Navigators', all ragged and torn And built the Grand Trunk here, and found a new home Wherever their children were born [Verse 2] Their sons have no politics. None can recall Allegiance from long generations before O'this or O'that name can't matter at all Or be cause enough for to war And meanwhile my babies are safe in their home Unlike their pale cousins who shiver and cry While kneecappers nail their poor dads to the floor And teach them to hate and to die [Verse 3] It's those cruel beggars who spurn the fair coin The peace for their kids they could take at their will Since the day old King Billy prevailed at the Boyne They've bombed and they've maimed and they've killed Now they cry out for money and wail at the door But Home Rule or Republic, 'tis all of it shame; And a curse for us here who want nothing of war We're kindred in nothing but name [Interlude] [Verse 4] All rights and all wrongs have long since blown away For causes are ashes where children lie slain Yet the damned U.D.L. and the cruel I.R.A Will tomorrow go murdering again But no penny of mine will I add to the fray "Remember the Boyne!" they will cry out in vain For I've given my heart to the place I was born And forgiven the whole House of Orange King Billy and the whole House of Orange