I wanted to plant an orange tree
Where the song will never see
Where the trees have never given
Anything but unpinned grenades

Up to Derry my beloved
On my boat, I sailed
I said to the men who were fighting
I come to plant an orange tree

Let's have a drink, let's go fishing
No war can last
When beer and friendship
And music will make us sing

Kill your gods forever
Under no cross, love does not please
It is men not priests
Who make orange trees grow

I wanted to plant an orange tree
Where the song will never see
It bloomed and it gave
The sweet fruits of freedom

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