Christy Moore – Viva La Quinta Brigada (Guitar)

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Ten years before I saw the light of morning,

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a comradeship of heroes was laid,

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from every corner of the world came sailing

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the Fifth International Brigade.

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They came to stand beside the Spanish people,

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to try and stem the rising fascist tide,

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Franco's allies were the powerful and wealthy,

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Frank Ryan's men came from the other side.

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Even the olives were bleeding,

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as the battle for Madrid it thundered on,

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truth and love against the force of evil,

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brotherhood against the fascist clan.

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Viva la Quinta Brigada,

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"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.

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"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,

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let us all remember them tonight.

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Bob Hilliard was a Church of Ireland pastor,

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form Killarney across the Pyrenees he came,

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from Derry came a brave young Christian Brother,

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side by side they fought and died in Spain.

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Tommy Woods aged seventeen died in Cordoba,

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with Na Fianna he learned to hold his gun,

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from Dublin to the Villa del Rio,

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where he fought and died beneath the blazing sun.

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Viva la Quinta Brigada,

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"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.

     C            Em            Am
"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,

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let us all remember them tonight.

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Many Irishmen heard the call of Franco,

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joined Hitler and Mussolini, too.

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Propaganda from the pulpit and newspapers,

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helped O'Duffy to enlist his crew

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The word came from Maynooth, "support the Nazis!"

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The men of cloth failed again.

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When the Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Dun Laoghaire,

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as they sailed beneath the swastika to Spain.

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Viva la Quinta Brigada,

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"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.

     C            Em            Am
"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,

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let us all remember them tonight.

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This song is a tribute to Frank Ryan,

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Kit Conway and Dinny Coady, too,

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Peter Daly, Charlie Regan and Hugh Bonar,

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though many died, I can but name a few.

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Danny Boyle, Blaser-Brown  and Charlie Donnelly,

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Liam Tumilson and Jim Straney from the Falls,

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Jack Nalty, Tommy Patton and Frank Conroy,

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Jim Foley, Tony Fox and Dick O'Neill.

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Viva la Quinta Brigada,

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"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.

     C            Em            Am
"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,

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let us all remember them tonight.

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Viva la Quinta Brigada, viva la Quinta Brigada.