Talk:The Orange and the Green

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I removed the following block of text from the end of the article, as it is original research and clearly violates WP:NPOV. I have moved it here on the off-chance that it can help:

Compared to most Irish rebel music, "The Orange and the Green" is rather sympathetic to the conflicts between British religious influence and Irish culture and determinism. It is intended as a humorous satire of everyday life in Northern Ireland. It does not have the propagandistic pull of such songs as "Up Went Nelson" or other Irish rebel music written in protest of the British occupation of Northern Ireland. While "The Orange and the Green" does not have the satiric bite of Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal, it shows the resiliance and wit that those Irish living in an occupied Northern Ireland.

-- IslaySolomon 07:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright[edit]

Did the Irish Rovers originally write the Orange and the Green?

If they did, or someone else in the modern era did, isn't the text of the lyrics under copyright? Is Wikipedia violating copyright by having the complete text of the lyrics posted? I'd hate to see it have to be pulled, but I also wouldn't want the site to get in trouble.

Cadrac (talk) 03:40, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless who wrote it, it's a fairly recent song, and full lyrics would be a copyright violation. A small excerpt would be fair use. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 04:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked into it and, as is credited by those who recorded it on their recordings, the song was written by Anthony Murphy, a folk singer from Liverpool who used to play at the Wash House Folk Club in that city during the 1960's, so the song lyrics are definitely still under copyright and can't be quoted in full without violating that copyright. Cadrac (talk) 04:39, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That information would be helpful for the article if it can be reliably sourced. --BDD (talk) 19:14, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]