Intro
D# F Gm D# F A# D# F Gm
[Verse]
A# F A#
Ten years before I saw the light of morning,
A# D#
a comradeship of heroes was laid,
D# F
from every corner of the world came sailing
F F7 A#
the Fifth International Brigade.
F A#
They came to stand beside the Spanish people,
A# D#
to try and stem the rising fascist tide,
D# F
Franco's allies were the powerful and wealthy,
F F7 A#
Frank Ryan's men came from the other side.
F A#
Even the olives were bleeding,
A# D#
as the battle for Madrid it thundered on,
D# F
truth and love against the force of evil,
F F7 A#
brotherhood against the fascist clan.
[Chorus]
D#
Viva la Quinta Brigada,
D# F A#
"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
A# Dm Gm
"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
D# F A#
let us all remember them tonight.
[Verse]
A# F A#
Bob Hilliard was a Church of Ireland pastor,
A# D#
form Killarney across the Pyrenees he came,
D# F
from Derry came a brave young Christian Brother,
F F7 A#
side by side they fought and died in Spain.
F A#
Tommy Woods aged seventeen died in Cordoba,
A# D#
with Na Fianna he learned to hold his gun,
D# F
from Dublin to the Villa del Rio,
F F7 A#
where he fought and died beneath the blazing sun.
[Chorus]
D#
Viva la Quinta Brigada,
D# F A#
"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
A# Dm Gm
"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
D# F A#
let us all remember them tonight.
[Verse]
A# F A#
Many Irishmen heard the call of Franco,
A# D#
joined Hitler and Mussolini, too.
D# F
Propaganda from the pulpit and newspapers,
F F7 A#
helped O'Duffy to enlist his crew
F A#
The word came from Maynooth, "support the Nazis!"
A# D#
The men of cloth failed again.
D# F
When the Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Dun Laoghaire,
F F7 A#
as they sailed beneath the swastika to Spain.
[Chorus]
D#
Viva la Quinta Brigada,
D# F A#
"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
A# Dm Gm
"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
D# F A#
let us all remember them tonight.
[Verse]
A# F A#
This song is a tribute to Frank Ryan,
A# D#
Kit Conway and Dinny Coady, too,
D# F
Peter Daly, Charlie Regan and Hugh Bonar,
F F7 A#
though many died, I can but name a few.
F A#
Danny Boyle, Blaser-Brown and Charlie Donnelly,
A# D#
Liam Tumilson and Jim Straney from the Falls,
D# F
Jack Nalty, Tommy Patton and Frank Conroy,
F F7 A#
Jim Foley, Tony Fox and Dick O'Neill.
[Chorus]
D#
Viva la Quinta Brigada,
D# F A#
"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
A# Dm Gm
"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
D# F A#
let us all remember them tonight.
[Outro]
D# F A# D# F Gm
Viva la Quinta Brigada, viva la Quinta Brigada.
D# F A# D# F Gm x4
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