Intro
E F# G#m E F# B E F# G#m
[Verse]
B F# B
Ten years before I saw the light of morning,
B E
a comradeship of heroes was laid,
E F#
from every corner of the world came sailing
F# F#7 B
the Fifth International Brigade.
F# B
They came to stand beside the Spanish people,
B E
to try and stem the rising fascist tide,
E F#
Franco's allies were the powerful and wealthy,
F# F#7 B
Frank Ryan's men came from the other side.
F# B
Even the olives were bleeding,
B E
as the battle for Madrid it thundered on,
E F#
truth and love against the force of evil,
F# F#7 B
brotherhood against the fascist clan.
[Chorus]
E
Viva la Quinta Brigada,
E F# B
"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
B D#m G#m
"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
E F# B
let us all remember them tonight.
[Verse]
B F# B
Bob Hilliard was a Church of Ireland pastor,
B E
form Killarney across the Pyrenees he came,
E F#
from Derry came a brave young Christian Brother,
F# F#7 B
side by side they fought and died in Spain.
F# B
Tommy Woods aged seventeen died in Cordoba,
B E
with Na Fianna he learned to hold his gun,
E F#
from Dublin to the Villa del Rio,
F# F#7 B
where he fought and died beneath the blazing sun.
[Chorus]
E
Viva la Quinta Brigada,
E F# B
"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
B D#m G#m
"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
E F# B
let us all remember them tonight.
[Verse]
B F# B
Many Irishmen heard the call of Franco,
B E
joined Hitler and Mussolini, too.
E F#
Propaganda from the pulpit and newspapers,
F# F#7 B
helped O'Duffy to enlist his crew
F# B
The word came from Maynooth, "support the Nazis!"
B E
The men of cloth failed again.
E F#
When the Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Dun Laoghaire,
F# F#7 B
as they sailed beneath the swastika to Spain.
[Chorus]
E
Viva la Quinta Brigada,
E F# B
"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
B D#m G#m
"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
E F# B
let us all remember them tonight.
[Verse]
B F# B
This song is a tribute to Frank Ryan,
B E
Kit Conway and Dinny Coady, too,
E F#
Peter Daly, Charlie Regan and Hugh Bonar,
F# F#7 B
though many died, I can but name a few.
F# B
Danny Boyle, Blaser-Brown and Charlie Donnelly,
B E
Liam Tumilson and Jim Straney from the Falls,
E F#
Jack Nalty, Tommy Patton and Frank Conroy,
F# F#7 B
Jim Foley, Tony Fox and Dick O'Neill.
[Chorus]
E
Viva la Quinta Brigada,
E F# B
"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
B D#m G#m
"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
E F# B
let us all remember them tonight.
[Outro]
E F# B E F# G#m
Viva la Quinta Brigada, viva la Quinta Brigada.
E F# B E F# G#m x4
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