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THE ORANGE LILY-O, by                    
First Line: Oh did you go to see the show
Last Line: There's not a flower in erin's bower / can match the orange lily-o
Subject(s): Flowers


Oh did you go to see the show,
Each rose and pink and Lily-O,
To feast your eyes upon the prize
Won by the Orange Lily-O?
The Viceroy there so debonair,
Just like a daffydilly O,
And Lady Clarke, blithe as a lark,
Approached the Orange Lily-O.
Then heigh-ho the Lily-O,
The royal loyal Lily-O,
Beneath the sky what flow'r can vie
With Ireland's Orange Lily-O.
The elated muse, to hear the news,
Jumped like a Connacht filly O,
As gossip fame did loud proclaim
The triumph of the Lily-O.
The lowland field may roses yield,
Gay heaths the highlands hilly O,
But high or low, no flower can show
Like the glorious Orange Lily-O.
Let dandies fine in Bond Street shine,
Gay nymphs in Piccadilly,
But fine or gay will yield the day
To Erin's Orange Lily-O.
Then heigh-ho the Lily-O,
The royal, loyal Lily-O,
There's not a flower in Erin's bower,
Can match the Orange Lily-O.






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