Viva La Quinta Brigada-The Dubliners

[ti:Viva La Quinta Brigada] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:40 Years] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Viva La Quinta Brigada - The Dubliners [00:02.00]Arould time I saw the light of morning [00:05.38] [00:06.77]A comradeship of heroes was laid [00:09.80] [00:11.59]From every corner of [00:12.83]The world came sailing [00:14.70] [00:16.12]The Fifth International Brigade [00:19.11] [00:20.72]They came to stand [00:21.84]Beside the Spanish people [00:23.97] [00:25.41]To try and stem the rising fascist tide [00:28.82] [00:30.09]Franco's allies were [00:31.34]The powerful and wealthy [00:33.16] [00:34.65]Frank Ryan's men came [00:36.14]From the other side [00:37.72] [00:39.97]Even the olives were bleeding [00:42.46] [00:44.08]As the battle for Madrid it thundered on [00:47.10] [00:49.25]Truth and love against the force of evil [00:51.93] [00:53.98]Brotherhood against the fascist clan [00:56.67] [00:58.79]Viva la Quinta Brigada [01:01.66] [01:02.76]No Pasaran [01:03.80]The pledge that made them fight [01:06.30] [01:07.34]Adelante was the cry around the hillside [01:10.63] [01:12.28]Let us all remember them tonight [01:15.15] [01:16.60]Bob Hilliard was [01:17.81]A Church of Ireland pastor [01:19.69] [01:21.25]Form Killarney across [01:22.58]The Pyrenees he came [01:24.39] [01:25.91]From Derry came [01:26.92]A brave young Christian Brother [01:29.14] [01:30.67]Side by side they [01:32.15]Fought and died in Spain [01:33.61] [01:35.25]Tommy Woods age [01:36.37]Seventeen died in Cordoba [01:38.38] [01:39.88]With Na Fianna he learned to hold his gun [01:42.92] [01:44.44]From Dublin to the Villa del Rio [01:47.89] [01:49.17]Where he fought [01:49.78]And died beneath the blazing sun [01:52.18] [01:54.49]Viva la Quinta Brigada [01:57.05] [01:58.41]No Pasaran [01:59.27]The pledge that made them fight [02:01.34] [02:03.04]Adelante was the cry around the hillside [02:06.17] [02:07.84]Let us all remember them tonight [02:10.53] [02:12.26]Many Irishmen heard the call of Franco [02:15.60] [02:16.90]Joined Hitler and Mussolini too [02:19.76] [02:21.50]Propaganda from [02:22.54]The pulpit and newspapers [02:24.49] [02:25.93]Helped O'Duffy to enlist his crew [02:29.04] [02:30.61]The word came from Maynooth [02:32.47]Support the Nazis [02:34.31] [02:35.23]The men of cloth failed again [02:38.29] [02:39.73]When the Bishops blessed [02:40.80]The Blueshirts in Dun Laoghaire [02:43.02] [02:44.23]As they sailed beneath [02:45.66]The swastika to Spain [02:47.79] [02:49.64]Viva la Quinta Brigada [02:52.52] [02:53.54]No Pasaran [02:54.42]The pledge that made them fight [02:56.59] [02:58.13]Adelante was the cry around the hillside [03:01.44] [03:02.96]Let us all remember them tonight [03:05.69] [03:07.31]This song is a tribute to Frank Ryan [03:10.18] [03:11.79]Kit Conway and Dinny Coady too [03:14.62] [03:16.33]Peter Daly Charlie Regan [03:18.42]And Hugh Bonar [03:19.52] [03:20.93]Though many died I can but name a few [03:23.79] [03:25.57]Danny Boyle Blaser-Brown [03:27.37]And Charlie Donnelly [03:28.95] [03:30.16]Liam Tumilson and [03:31.12]Jim Straney from the Falls [03:33.06] [03:34.79]Jack Nalty [03:35.49]Tommy Patton and Frank Conroy [03:37.89] [03:39.26]Jim Foley Tony Fox and Dick O'Neill [03:42.44] [03:44.53]Viva la Quinta Brigada [03:46.95] [03:48.44]No Pasaran [03:49.56]The pledge that made them fight [03:51.40] [03:53.04]Adelante was the cry around the hillside [03:55.98] [03:57.83]Let us all remember them tonight [04:00.55] [04:02.69]Viva la Quinta Brigada [04:05.17] [04:06.65]No Pasaran [04:07.60]The pledge that made them fight [04:09.82] [04:11.11]Adelante was the cry around the hillside [04:14.17] [04:15.90]Let us all remember them tonight