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Orange Men walking in East Belfast on 12th July

Photos of the Orange Order in Belfast

James Titterington with Orange Men walking in East Belfast on 12th July

Billy Titterington bringing St Martin's Lodge, home to Wolff Street, East Belfast on 12th July

Statue of Lord Carson at Stormont

Sergeant Major David Titterington and his wife Frances in their UVF uniforms as part of the movement led by Sir Edward Carson to prevent NI being forced into a United  Ireland - photo signed by Lord Carson.

Banner for the LOL of St Martin's, East Belfast

Orange Lodge Hall, East Belfast

                The Sash My Father Wore

 

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 and 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.

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Chorus

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