#thetwelfth

Happy 12th July

And here's to King William of glorious fame And the Protestant Boys who rejoice in his name And here's to the Lodges of Orange and Blue For they are the boys that are loyal and true

NO SURRENDER!

And here's to King William of glorious fame

And the Protestant Boys who rejoice in his name

And here's to the Lodges of Orange and Blue

For they are the boys that are loyal and true

NO SURRENDER!

Happy Orange Day! On July 12, 1690, Protestant William of Orange, a Dutchman, defeated Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. William became King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland, nicknamed 'King Billy, ensuring that the British monarch would always be a Protestant.