Viva La Quinta Brigada
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1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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(Christy Moore)