For this Irish girl, there is only one possibility - the Shamrock! 'Tis the Rebel in me!
Chaunte
No slam is meant towards today's Great Britian and the Commonwealth. But...
If you would let the reference to Ireland represent the LGBT community and Victorian England represent all who would stand in our way...
And if the color we must wear is England's cruel red,
Let it remind us of the blood that Ireland has shed.
Then take the shamrock from your hat and throw it sod
And never fear, 'twill take root there, though under foot it's trod.
When the law can stop the blades of grass from growing as they grow.
And when the leaves of summertime, their colors dare not show
Then I will take the color that I wear in my caubeen
But until that day, please God, I'll stick to the Wearin' O' the Green!