Traditional Irish - Viva la quinta brigada

Ten ^G years before I ^D saw the light of ^G morning A comradeship of heroes was ^C laid From every corner of the world came ^D sailing The Fifth Inter^Cnational Bri^Ggade

They ^G came to stand ^D beside the Spanish ^G people To try and stem the rising fascist ^C tide Franco's allies were the powerful and ^D wealthy Frank Ryan's men came ^C from the other ^G side

Even ^G the ^D olives were ^G bleeding As the battle for Madrid it thundered ^C on Truth and love against the force of ^D evil Brotherhood against ^C the fascist ^G clan

^C Viva la Quinta Brigada "No Pasaran", the ^D pledge that made them ^G fight "Adelante" is the ^D cry around the ^Em hillside ^CLet us all ^D remember them ^G tonight

Bob ^G Hilliard was a ^D Church of Ireland ^G pastor Form Killarney across the Pyrenees he ^C came From Derry came a brave young Christian ^D Brother Side by side they ^C fought and died in ^G Spain

Tommy ^G Woods age ^D seventeen died in ^G Cordoba With Na Fianna he learned to hold his ^C gun From Dublin to the Villa Del ^D Rio Where he fought and died ^C beneath the blazing ^G sun

^C Viva la Quinta Brigada "No Pasaran", the ^D pledge that made them ^G fight "Adelante" is the ^D cry around the ^Em hillside ^CLet us all ^D remember them ^G tonight

Many ^G Irishmen heard ^D the call of ^G Franco Joined Hitler and Mussolini ^C too Propaganda from the pulpit and ^D newspapers Helped O'Duffy ^C to enlist his ^G crew

The ^G word came from ^D Maynooth, "support the ^G Nazis" The men of cloth failed ^C again When the Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Dun ^D Laoghaire As they sailed beneath ^C the swastika to ^G Spain

^C Viva la Quinta Brigada "No Pasaran", the ^D pledge that made them ^G fight "Adelante" is the ^D cry around the ^Em hillside ^CLet us all ^D remember them ^G tonight

This ^G song is a ^D tribute to Frank ^G Ryan Kit Conway and Dinny Coady ^C too Peter Daly, Charlie Regan and Hugh ^D Bonar Though many died I ^C can but name a ^G few

Danny ^G Boyle, Blaser- ^D Brown and Charlie ^G Donnelly Liam Tumilson and Jim Straney from the ^C Falls Jack Nalty, Tommy Patton and Frank ^D Conroy Jim Foley, Tony ^C Fox and Dick ^G O'Neill [CHORUS]

^C Viva la Quinta Brigada "No Pasaran", the ^D pledge that made them ^G fight "Adelante" is the ^D cry around the ^Em hillside ^CLet us all ^D remember them ^G tonight