Talk:The Sash

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[edit] God Bless Them

Do the words GOD BLESS THEM really follow the lyrics? Arcturus 17:00, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alternative Lyrics

Several websites give alternative lyrics. The most popular being as follows:

For its here I am an Orangeman, just come across the sea For singing and for dancing, I hope that I'll please thee, I can sing or dance with any man As I did in days of yore And its on the Twelfth I long to wear the Sash my Father wore.

Chorus

It is old but it is beautiful. Its colours they are fine It was worn at Derry, Aughrim, Enniskillen and the Boyne My Father wore it as a youth in the bygone days of yore And its on the Twelfth I long to wear, the Sash my Father wore.

For it's now I'm going to leave you, good luck to you I'll say And when I'm on the ocean deep, I hope for me you'll pray I'm going to my native land, to a place they call Dromore Where on the Twelfth I long to wear the Sash my Father wore.

Chorus

Whenever I come back again my brethren here to see I hope to find old Orange style, they will always welcome me My favourite tune's "Boyne Water", but to please me more and more And make my Orange heart full glad with the Sash my Father wore.

Chorus.

So Which version is correct ???

[edit] Irish Molly

The tune "Irish Molly" is classified as tune number 1732, on the website "Irishtune.info Irishtune, also known as "Scotch Mary". It is tune number 1510 in Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill: "O'Neill's Music of Ireland" (1850). I suspect this is a different tune from "The Hat My Father Wore", but I am not sure enough to put it into the article. Ogg 20:19, 14 November 2007 (UTC)