Must Ireland Divided Be - The Wolfe Tones

In this world of troubles and sorrows

With its wars in far foreign lands

Ireland has made its contribution to peace

And forgot its own troubles at hand

While we live in democracy

They say we’re the land of the free

For saints and scholars, we’ve got them to spare

Must Ireland divided be

While the North and South are divided

By religious bigotry

Our people have never decided to live

As one community

While we live in democracy

They say we’re the land of the free

For saints and scholars, we’ve got them to spare

Must Ireland divided be

There are countries with problems of colour

And it’s we have a problem of same

It’s not black and white, this remains to be seen

It’s the hate between orange and green

While we live in democracy

They say we’re the land of the free

For saints and scholars, we’ve got them to spare

Must Ireland divided be

We’ve honoured the past generations

Men who fought for orange and green

But yet today we have not fulfilled

The ideal of their dream

While we live in democracy

They say we’re the land of the free

For saints and scholars, we’ve got them to spare

Must Ireland divided be

Come gather 'round, people of Ireland

And listen to my plea

Don’t listen to bigots, let’s love and not hate

And strive towards unity

And we live in democracy

And we’ll be the land of the free

And saints and scholars, we’ll have them to spare

And united we will be