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III
Oh! What do you mean by the Union
Then Susey to Darby did say.
I mean that our gold and our silver
The robbers have taken away.
IV
They left is without shoe or stocking
A coat on our backs we cant wear.
To keep up these big-bellied preachers.
Who changed us wearing our hair.
V
The twelfth of July is all over
The lilies and orange are down.
Youll see no more assembling or walking
Or none of the brunswicker's fund.
VI
Remember what youll see and hear.
And all this shall come to pass.
The very next walk youll see with the orange
Them all dressed in green going to Mass.
At that point in the song the singer was attacked by an orangeman who tore the ballads to bits. A general row between Catholics and Orangemen ensued. Thomas
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