“The Old Orange Flute”

Description

A Protestant man marries a Catholic woman, but his flute refuses to convert, and continues to play Orange songs. Ultimately it is burnt at the stake as a heretic.

Notes

OLochlainn: "Learnt in Belfast about 1912; the tune is another version of Villikens." - BS

Cross references

• cf. "The Protestant Maid" (subject: religious conversion) and references there

References

1. Hodgart, p. 216, "The Old Orange Flute" (1 text)
2. OLochlainn 50, "The Old Orange Flute" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Hayward-Ulster, pp. 112-113, "The Ould Orange Flute" (1 text)
4. OrangeLark 27, "The Ould Orange Flute" (1 text, 1 tune)
5. Graham, p. 12, "The Ould Orange Flute" (1 text, 1 tune)
6. Silber-FSWB, p. 318, "The Old Orange Flute" (1 text)
7. DT, OLDFLUTE*
8. Roud #3013
9. BI, Hodg216