Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen   My father he was orange and my mother she was green      Oh my father was an Ulsterman, proud Protestant was he    My mother was a Catholic girl, from County Cork was she   They were married in two churches, lived happily enough   Until the day that I was born and things got rather tough      Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen   My father he was orange and my mother she was green      Baptised by father Reilly, I was rushed away by car   To be made a little orangeman, my father's shining star   I was christened David Anthony, but still in spite of that   To my father I was William while my mother called me Pat      Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen   My father he was orange and my mother she was green      With mother every Sunday to mass I'd proudly stroll   Then after that the orange lads would try to save my soul   For both sides tried to claim me, but I was smart because   I played the flute or played the harp, depending where I was      Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen   My father he was orange and my mother she was green      One day my ma's relations came round to visit me   Just as my father's kinfolk were all sittin' down to tea   We tried to smooth things over, but they all began to fight   And me being strictly neutral, I bashed everyone in sight      Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen   My father he was orange and my mother she was green      Now my parents never could agree about my type of school   My learning was all done at home, that's why I'm such a fool   They both passed on, god rest them, but left me caught between   That awful color problem of the orange and the green      Oh it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen   My father he was orange and my mother she was green      Yes it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen   My father he was orange and my mother she was green