Vive La Quinte Brigada

Vive La Quinte Brigada Lyrics

Song Vive La Quinte Brigada
Artist Christy Moore
Album Ride On
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[00:19.000] Ten years before I saw the light of morning
[00:24.000] A comradeship of heroes was laid
[00:29.000] From every corner of the world came sailing
[00:34.000] The Fifth International Brigade
[00:39.000] They came to stand beside the Spanish people
[00:43.000] To try and stem the rising fascist tide
[00:48.000] Franco's allies were the powerful and wealthy
[00:53.000] Frank Ryan's men came from the other side
[00:58.000] Even the olives were bleeding
[01:03.000] As the battle for Madrid it thundered on
[01:08.000] Truth and love against the force of evil
[01:14.000] Brotherhood against the fascist clan
[01:19.000] Viva la Quinta Brigada
[01:24.000] "No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight
[01:28.000] "Adelante" is the cry around the hillside
[01:33.000] Let us all remember them tonight
[01:38.000] Bob Hilliard was a Church of Ireland pastor
[01:42.000] Form Killarney across the Pyrenees he came
[01:47.000] From Derry came a brave young Christian Brother
[01:52.000] Side by side they fought and died in Spain
[01:57.000] Tommy Woods age seventeen died in Cordoba
[02:02.000] With Na Fianna he learned to hold his gun
[02:08.000] From Dublin to the Villa del Rio
[02:13.000] Where he fought and died beneath the blazing sun
[02:17.000] Viva la Quinta Brigada
[02:22.000] "No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight
[02:27.000] "Adelante" is the cry around the hillside
[02:32.000] Let us all remember them tonight
[02:37.000] Many Irishmen heard the call of Franco
[02:42.000] Joined Hitler and Mussolini too
[02:46.000] Propaganda from the pulpit and newspapers
[02:51.000] Helped O'Duffy to enlist his crew
[02:56.000] The word came from Maynooth, "support the Nazis"
[03:02.000] The men of cloth failed again
[03:06.000] When the Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Dun Laoghaire
[03:11.000] As they sailed beneath the swastika to Spain
[03:16.000] Viva la Quinta Brigada
[03:21.000] "No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight
[03:27.000] "Adelante" is the cry around the hillside
[03:31.000] Let us all remember them tonight
[03:36.000] This song is a tribute to Frank Ryan
[03:41.000] Kit Conway and Dinny Coady too
[03:46.000] Peter Daly, Charlie Regan and Hugh Bonar
[03:50.000] Though many died I can but name a few
[03:55.000] Danny Boyle, Blaser-Brown and Charlie Donnelly
[04:00.000] Liam Tumilson and Jim Straney from the Falls
[04:05.000] Jack Nalty, Tommy Patton and Frank Conroy
[04:11.000] Jim Foley, Tony Fox and Dick O'Neill
[04:16.000] Viva la Quinta Brigada
[04:20.000] "No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight
[04:25.000] "Adelante" is the cry around the hillside
[04:30.000] Let us all remember them tonight
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