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)
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)
- 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)
