Viva la Quinta Brigada Christy Moore
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1. Ten y[C]ears before I [G]saw the light of [C]morning,
a com[C]radeship of heroes was [F]laid,
from [F]every corner of the world came s[G]ailing
the [G]Fifth Inter[G7]national Bri[C]gade.
2. They [G]came to stand beside the Spanish [C]people,
to [C]try and stem the rising fascist [F]tide,
Franco's [F]allies were the powerful and [G]wealthy,
Frank [G]Ryan's men came [G7]from the other [C]side.
3. E[G]ven the olives were [C]bleeding,
as the [C]battle for Madrid it thundered[F] on,
tr[F]uth and love against the force of [G]evil,
b[G]rothe[G7]rhood against the fascist [C]clan.
Vi[F]va la Quinta Brigada,
"No [F]Pasaran", the [G]pledge that made them [C]fight.
"Adel[C]ante" is the [Em]cry around the[Am] hillside,
l[F]et us all rem[G]ember them [C]tonight.
4. Bob [C]Hilliard was a [G]Church of Ireland [C]pastor,
[C]form Killarney across the Pyrenees he[F] came,
from [F]Derry came a brave young Christian [G]Brother,
[G]side by side they [G7]fought and died in [C]Spain.
5. Tommy [G]Woods aged seventeen died in Co[C]rdoba,
with Na [C]Fianna he learned to hold his [F]gun,
from [F]Dublin to the Villa del [G]Rio,
where he [G]fought and died be[G7]neath the blazing [C]sun.
Vi[F]va la Quinta Brigada,
"No [F]Pasaran", the [G]pledge that made them [C]fight.
"Adel[C]ante" is the [Em]cry around the[Am] hillside,
l[F]et us all rem[G]ember them [C]tonight.
6. Many [C]Irishmen [G]heard the call of F[C]ranco,
joined [C]Hitler and Mussolini, [F]too.
Propag[F]anda from the pulpit and news[G]papers,
helped O'D[G]uffy t[G7]o enlist his [C]crew
7. The [G]word came from Maynooth, "Dupport the [C]Nazis!"
The [C]men of cloth failed [F]again.
When the [F]Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Dun Lao[G]ghaire,
as they [G]sailed beneath the [G7]swastika to [C]Spain.
Vi[F]va la Quinta Brigada,
"No [F]Pasaran", the [G]pledge that made them [C]fight.
"Adel[C]ante" is the [Em]cry around the[Am] hillside,
l[F]et us all rem[G]ember them [C]tonight.
8. This s[C]ong is a [G]tribute to Frank R[C]yan,
Kit [C]Conway and Dinny Coady, [F]too,
Peter [F]Daly, Charlie Regan and Hugh [G]Bonar,
though [G]many died, [G7]I can but name a f[C]ew.
9. Danny [G]Boyle, Blaser-Brown and Charlie [C]Donnelly,
Liam [C]Tumilson and Jim Straney from the [F]Falls,
Jack [F]Nalty, Tommy Patton and Frank [G]Conroy,
Jim [G]Foley, Tony [G7]Fox and Dick O'[C]Neill.
Vi[F]va la Quinta Brigada,
"No [F]Pasaran", the [G]pledge that made them [C]fight.
"Adel[C]ante" is the [Em]cry around the[Am] hillside,
l[F]et us all rem[G]ember them [C]tonight.
[F]Viva la Q[G]uinta Brig[C]ada, [F]viva la Q[G]uinta Bri[Am]gada.
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