Viva La Quinta Brigada

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    Ten years before I saw the 
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light of morning,
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    a comradeship of heroes was 
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laid,
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    from every corner of the world 
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came sailing
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    the Fifth International Brigade.

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    They came to stand beside the 
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Spanish people,
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    to try and stem the rising 
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fascist tide,
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    Franco's allies were the 
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powerful and wealthy,
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    Frank Ryan's men came from the
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 other side.

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    Even the olives were bleeding,
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    as the battle for Madrid it 
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thundered on,
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    truth and love against the 
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force of evil,
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    brotherhood against the 
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fascist clan.

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Viva la Quinta Brigada,
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"No Pasaran", the pledge that made
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 them fight.
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"Adelante" is the cry around the 
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hillside,
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let us all remember them tonight.

         C               G     
    Bob Hilliard was a Church of 
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Ireland pastor,
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    form Killarney across the 
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Pyrenees he came,
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    from Derry came a brave young 
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Christian Brother,
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    side by side they fought and 
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died in Spain.

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    Tommy Woods aged seventeen died
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 in Cordoba,
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    with Na Fianna he learned to 
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hold his gun,
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    from Dublin to the Villa del 
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Rio,
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    where he fought and died 
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beneath the blazing sun.

 F
Viva la Quinta Brigada,
     F              G             
"No Pasaran", the pledge that made
       C
 them fight.
     C            Em             
"Adelante" is the cry around the 
Am
hillside,
 F            G             C
let us all remember them tonight.

           C       G              
    Many Irishmen heard the call 
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of Franco,
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    joined Hitler and Mussolini, 
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too.
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    Propaganda from the pulpit and 
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newspapers,
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    helped O'Duffy to enlist his 
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crew.

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    The word came from Maynooth, 
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"Dupport the Nazis!"
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    The men of cloth failed again.
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    When the Bishops blessed the 
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Blueshirts in Dun Laoghaire,
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    as they sailed beneath the 
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swastika to Spain.

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Viva la Quinta Brigada,
     F              G             
"No Pasaran", the pledge that made
       C
 them fight.
     C            Em             
"Adelante" is the cry around the 
Am
hillside,
 F            G             C
let us all remember them tonight.

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    This song is a tribute to 
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Frank Ryan,
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    Kit Conway and Dinny Coady, too,
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    Peter Daly, Charlie Regan and 
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Hugh Bonar,
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    though many died, I can but 
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name a few.

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    Danny Boyle, Blaser-Brown  and 
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Charlie Donnelly,
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    Liam Tumilson and Jim Straney 
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from the Falls,
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    Jack Nalty, Tommy Patton and 
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Frank Conroy,
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    Jim Foley, Tony Fox and Dick 
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O'Neill.

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Viva la Quinta Brigada,
     F              G             
"No Pasaran", the pledge that made
       C
 them fight.
     C            Em             
"Adelante" is the cry around the 
Am
hillside,
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let us all remember them tonight.

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    Viva la Quinta Brigada, viva
      G        Am
 la Quinta Brigada.

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