Viva La Quinta Brigada

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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.
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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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    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, "Dupport 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.
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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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    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.
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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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    Viva la Quinta Brigada, viva la Quinta Brigada.

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