VIVA
LA QUINTA BRIGADA
Ten
[G] years before I [D] saw the light of [G] morning
A
comradeship of heroes was [C] laid
From
every corner of the world came [D] sailing
The
Fifth Inter[C]national Bri[G]gade
They
came to stand beside the Spanish people
To
try and stem the rising fascist tide
Franco's
allies were the powerful and wealthy
Frank
Ryan's men came from the other side
Even
the olives were bleeding
As
the battle for
Truth
and love against the force of evil
Brotherhood
against the fascist clan
[chorus]
[C]
Viva la Quinta Brigada
"No
Pasaran", the [D] pledge that made them [G] fight
"Adelante" is the [D] cry around the [Em] hillside
[C]
Let us all [D] remember them [G] tonight
Bob
Hilliard was a
Form
Killarney across the
From
Side
by side they fought and died in
Tommy
Woods age seventeen died in
With
Na Fianna he learned to hold his gun
From
Where
he fought and died beneath the blazing sun
Many
Irishmen heard the call of Franco
Joined
Hitler and Mussolini too
Propaganda
from the pulpit and newspapers
Helped
O'Duffy to enlist his crew
The
word came from Maynooth, "support the Nazis"
The
men of cloth failed again
When
the Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in
As
they sailed beneath the swastika to
This
song is a tribute to Frank Ryan
Kit
Conway and Dinny Coady too
Peter
Daly, Charlie Regan and Hugh Bonar
Though
many died I can but name a few
Danny
Boyle, Blaser-Brown and Charlie Donnelly
Liam
Tumilson and Jim Straney
from the Falls
Jack
Nalty, Tommy Patton and Frank Conroy
Jim
Foley, Tony Fox and Dick O'Neill