<\/p>\n
Around the time I saw the light of morning
\nA comradeship of heroes was laid
\nFrom every corner of the world came sailing
\nThe Fifty International Brigade.<\/p>\n
They came to stand beside the Spanish people
\nTo try and stem the rising fascist tide
\nFranco’s allies were the powerful and wealthy
\nFrank Ryan’s men came from the other side.<\/p>\n
Even the olives were bleeding
\nAs the battle for Madrid it thundered on
\nTruth and love against the force of evil
\nBrotherhood against the fascist clan.<\/p>\n
Chorus:
\nViva la Quinta Brigada,
\nNo Pasaran, the pledge that made them fight
\nAdelante was the cry around the hillside
\nLet us all remember them tonight.<\/p>\n
Bob Hilliard was a Church of Ireland pastor
\nForm Killarney across the Pyrenees he came
\nFrom Derry came a brave young Christian Brother
\nAnd side by side they fought and died in Spain.<\/p>\n
Tommy Woods age seventeen died in Cordoba
\nWith Na Fianna he learned to hold his gun
\nFrom Dublin to the Villa del Rio
\nHe fought and died beneath the Spanish sun.<\/p>\n
(Chorus)<\/p>\n
Many Irishmen heard the call of Franco
\nJoined Hitler and Mussolini too
\nPropaganda from the pulpit and newspapers
\nHelped O’Duffy to enlist his crew.<\/p>\n
The call came from Maynooth, “support the facists”
\nThe men of cloth had failed yet again
\nWhen the Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Dun Laoghaire
\nAs they sailed beneath the swastika to Spain.<\/p>\n
(Chorus)<\/p>\n
This song is a tribute to Frank Ryan
\nKit Conway and Dinny Coady too
\nPeter Daly, Charlie Regan and Hugh Bonar
\nThough many died I can but name a few.<\/p>\n
Danny Boyle, Blaser-Brown and Charlie Donnelly
\nLiam Tumilson and Jim Straney from the Falls
\nJack Nalty, Tommy Patton and Frank Conroy
\nJim Foley, Tony Fox and Dick O’Neill.
\n(Chorus repeated)<\/p>\n
Carlos Nu\u00f1ez, Viva la 5\u00aa Brigada<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Diez a\u00f1os antes de que viera la luz de la ma\u00f1ana Vinieron para respaldar al pueblo espa\u00f1ol. Hasta los olivos estaban sangrando (1) \u00a1Viva la Quinta Brigada! Bob Hillard era pastor de la Iglesia de Irlanda (2); Tommy Woods, de diecisiete a\u00f1os, muri\u00f3 en C\u00f3rdoba. Muchos irlandeses oyeron la llamada de Franco, La palabra vino de la Iglesia: ‘apoye a los fascistas’. Esta canci\u00f3n es un tributo para Frank Ryan. Danny Doyle, Blaser-Brown y Charlie Donnelly. (1) Menci\u00f3n a la \u00faltima frase del poeta Charlie Donnelly antes de morir en la batalla del Jarama. \u00ab Viva la Quinta Brigada (listed as Viva la Quince Brigada in later recordings) is a Christy Moore song about the Irishmen who fought in the Spanish Civil War against Franco. The title was inspired by a Spanish song about the war, ‘Viva la Quince Brigada’.<\/p>\n Moore wrote this song choosing to focus on the Irish socialist volunteers (who in later years became known as the Connolly Column) who were a small contingent within the 15th International Brigade.<\/p>\n The song was inspired by Spanish Civil War veteran Michael O’Riordan’s book Connolly Column. Moore said: “Without Michael O’Riordan I’d never have been able to write Viva la Quince Brigada. I must have performed the song over a thousand times and every single time I sing it I think of Mick and wonder how can I ever thank him enough. In Spain in 1983 I was reading his book, Connolly Column — the story of the Irishmen who fought for the Spanish Republic, and I began this song as I read on. The song was lifted entirely from his book.”<\/p>\n Moore’s original song title – which translates as “Long live the Fifth Brigade” – was a slip due to the similarity in Spanish between “quinta” (fifth) and “quince” (fifteen). The bulk of Irish volunteers served with the XV (Fifteen) International Brigade; the “Fifth Brigade” was not one of the International Brigades. The song later appeared listed as Viva la Quince Brigada as Moore corrected the mistake in subsequent recordings. Both titles are correct however, originally there were ten brigades in the Spanish army, the five international brigades were then added to the list making the 5th International Brigade the 15th Brigade of the Spanish republic.\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Around the time I saw the light of morning A comradeship of heroes was laid From every corner of the world came sailing The Fifty International Brigade. 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":797,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110303],"tags":[138471],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-himnos","tag-carlos_nunez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/todaviaprendo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/todaviaprendo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/todaviaprendo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/todaviaprendo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/todaviaprendo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/todaviaprendo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/todaviaprendo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/todaviaprendo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/todaviaprendo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/todaviaprendo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}[kml_flashembed movie=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/DsXK3vA3T4M\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/]<\/code><\/p>\n
\nlleg\u00f3 una camarader\u00eda de h\u00e9roes.
\nDe cada esquina del mundo lleg\u00f3 navegando
\nla d\u00e9cimoquinta brigada internacional.<\/p>\n
\nPara intentar detener la creciente marea fascista.
\nLos aliados de Franco eran poderosos y ricos,
\nlos hombres de Frank Ryan vinieron del otro lado.<\/p>\n
\ncuando la batalla de Madrid tron\u00f3.
\nLa verdad y el amor contra las fuerzas del mal,
\nla fraternidad contra el clan fascista.<\/p>\n
\n“No pasar\u00e1n” el compromiso que les hizo luchar.
\n“Adelante” era el grito por toda la ladera.
\nRecord\u00e9mosles a todos esta noche.<\/p>\n
\ndesde Killarney vino a trav\u00e9s de los Pirineos.
\nDe Derry vino un joven y valiente Hermano Cristiano (3).
\nLucharon y murieron juntos en Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n
\nCon Na Fianna \u00e9l aprendi\u00f3 a sostener su arma.
\nDesde Dubl\u00edn a Villa del R\u00edo
\ndonde luch\u00f3 y muri\u00f3 bajo el sol de Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n
\njunto a Hitler y Mussolini tambi\u00e9n.
\nLa propaganda del p\u00falpito y de los peri\u00f3dicos
\nayud\u00f3 a O’Duffy a alistar a su banda.<\/p>\n
\nLos hombres del pa\u00f1o fallaron otra vez
\ncuando los obispos bendijeron a los ‘camisas azules’ en Galway (4)
\nmientras navegaban bajo la esv\u00e1stica hacia Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n
\nKit Conway y Dinny Coady tambi\u00e9n.
\nPeter Daly, Charlie Regan y Hugh Bonar.
\nAunque murieron muchos, s\u00f3lo puedo nombrar a algunos.<\/p>\n
\nLiam Tumilson y Jim Straney de Falls.
\nJack Nally, Tommy Patton y Frank Conroy,
\nJim Foley, Tony Fox y Dick O’Neill.<\/p>\n
\n(2) Anglicano.
\n(3) Cat\u00f3lico.<\/p>\n