Team Orange V Team Green 12 July Drummer March
Chatting with my mum last night
as we often do
I listened intently to her telling
me about one of her favorite
day's out and memories when
she herself was a child
And she inadvertently revealed
what she thought was a
girl's day out no men we're
allowed
What she did not realise was
in fact she was actually saying
and reason no men or husband's
we're allowed
Was because she was on an
Orange Lodge march celebrating
and singing Billy is a hero
Inspite innocently knowing
the fact her own Father
was a Catholic Choir Boy
And what she was singing or
marching for or in aid of
Was mot erely a child waxing
lyricallyabout being given a
day off school
But the very reason she never
got to have her dream church white
wedding but had to get married in
a registry office instead
And why my dad's dad her
father-in-law never went to his
own son's wedding
Because to the truly faithful
Love is not reason enough
to or shall cross the
orange and green
division dividing bell
Copyright © Christopher Flaherty | Year Posted 2021
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