Your Pride In A Flag

Just a small part of this World of your Nation you brag And you wave your patriotism in your National flag If your team win the International game today Your boss won't give you extra in your next week's pay. You feel so indifferent to people from elsewhere Remember there's a World called the big World out there And united we stand and divided we fall Those words apply to all Nations and to one and all. Tonight in the bar-room you will drink till late And with your pub friends today's win celebrate A win for your Nation in such a big game Though only the players involved in the victory will know of the fame And the financial windfall to them that this victory will bring And of their praises you and those like you do sing And are the supporters of the losing team worse off than you Your pride in a flag tell me that is not true? For pride of their flag young men go to war And in victory boast of how marvellous they are And for pride of their flag far too many have died And so much division created by pride.