The House of Orange Stan Rogers
I / [F]took back my / [C]hand and I / [Bb]showed him the / [F]door, /
No / [F]dollar of / [CG]mine would I / [Bb]part with this / [C]day, /
For / [F]fueling the / [CG]engine of a / [Bb]bloody cruel / [F]war , /
In my / [F]forefathers' / [Bb]home far a - / [C]way. /
Who / [F]fled the first / [C]Famine wearing / [Bb]all that they / [F]
owned, /
Were / [F]called Navi - / [C]gators, all / [Bb]ragged and / [C]torn, / and
[F]Built the Grand / [C]Trunk here and / [Bb]found a new / [F]home, /
Wher - / [F]ever their / [C]children were / [F]born. / / /
/ F / C / Bb / F / Their / sons have no / politics, / none can
- / call, /
All - / [F]egiance from / [CG]long gener - / atio[Bb]ns be - / fore, / [C]
Oh, / thi[F]s war or / that nam[CG]e can't / matter at / all[Bb], / [F]
Or / be[F] cause e - / nough for [Bb]to / war, / and. [C]
[F]Meanwhile my / babies are [C]/ safe in their / ho[Bb]mes, / [F]
Un / lik[F]e their Pale / cousins wh[C]o / cower and / [Bb]
[C]cry, /
While / knee-[F]cappers / nail their poor[C] / Dads to the / floor, /[Bb] / and [F]
[F]Teach them to / hate and t[C]o / die. / / / [F]
[F]It's those cruel / beggars[C] who / spurn the fair /[Bb] coin, / / [F]
The / Pea[F]ce for their / kids they cou[CG]ld / take at their / wil[Bb]l, / [C]
Since the / day old[F] King / Billy pre - / v[CG]ailed at the / [Bb]Boyne, / / [F]
They've / bombed[F] and they've / maimed and they've / [Bb]killed. / / [C]
Now they / cry out [F]for / money and / [C]wail at the / door, [Bb]/ / but [F]
[F]Home Rule or Re - / public, 'tis [C]/ all of it / sham[Bb]e, / and [C]
A / cu[F]rse for us / here who[C] want / nothing of / war, [Bb]/ / [F]
We're / kindr[F]ed in / nothing but[C] / name. / / / [F]
Break: Instrumental - Last 4 lines of verse
All / r[F]ights and all / wrongs [C]have long / since blown a - / w[Bb]ay, / / [F]
For / cau[F]ses are / ashes where[CG] / children lie / sla[Bb]in, / [C]
Yet the / damne[F]d UD - / L and the / cru[CG]el IR - / A / [Bb] [F]
Will to - / morr[F]ow go / murdering a [Bb]- / gain. / / [C]
But no / penny[F] of / mine will [C]I / add to the / [Bb]fray./ / [F]
"Re - / mem[F]ber the / Boyne" they w[C]ill / cry out in / vain, / /[Bb] [C]
For I've / give[F]n my / heart to t[C]he / place I was / bo[Bb]rn, / / and [F]
For - / giv[F]en the / whole Ho[Bb]use of / Orange, / / [C]
King / Bill[F]y and the / whole Hous[C]e of / Orange. [F]
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