The Civil War in Spain
Joe MulheronOriginale | Versione di Gerry Jones |
THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN Who will call the meeting now and who will take the chair? Who will lead us out on strike, demand an equal share? For Johnny, Brave young Johnny, in Ireland won't remain For he's gone to fight the fascists in the civil war in Spain. With men from many countries you fought to save Madrid No one knows just how you held: the world all knows you did. The people armed with sticks and stones against the tanks they came And they drove back Franco's army from the city once again. Hitler sent the bombers in, Mussolini sent his guns The church excommunicated all her daughters and her sons They fought to make us equal, take back the rich mans gain And they died in muddy trenches in the civil war in Spain. McCrotty, Derry City,(1) Danny Boyle from Belfast town Dinny Cody from south Dublin(2), they fell on Spanish ground Kit Conway, Tipperary, Charlie Donnelly from Tyrone Frank Ryan taken prisoner, he never would come home And if fascist bullets won't permit our Johnny to return This grievous loss his Belfast friend will never cease to mourn He fought for the Connolly in the brave Fifteenth Brigade And he died for Spanish workers in the civil war in Spain. | THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN Ah who will call the meetings now and who will take the chair? And who will call us out on strike, demand our equal share? For Johnny brave young Johnny, in Ireland won't remain, For he's gone to fight the fascists in the civil war in Spain. Ah Hitler sent the bombers, Mussolini sent big guns, And Mother Church sent curses on her daughters and her sons. They fought to make us equal, take back the rich man's gain And they died in muddy trenches in the civil war in Spain. Ah with men from many countries they fought to save Madrid. And no-one knows just how you held but the world all knows you did. The people armed with sticks and stones, against the tanks that came, And you drove back Franco's armies, to the city once again. Ah you fought well at Jarama, likewise at Teruel. On the plains of old Cordova, sure they blew you all to hell. When you crossed the Ebro River, your blood, the banks did stain. Aye Ireland lost her fighting men in the civil war in Spain. Dick Kelly from Roscommon, Danny Boyle from Belfast town, Mick Kelly from Tipperary, sure they fell on Spanish ground. Kit Conway, Tipperary,Jimmy Kelly from Ballinasloe , And Frank Ryan taken prisoner, sure he never would come home. Well if fascist bullets won't permit our Johnny to return. His fateful loss we Belfast folk will never cease to mourn. For he fought with the Connolly Column, in the brave Fifteenth Brigade. Aye Johnny died for freedom in the civil war in Spain. |
(2) Dinny Coady not Cody from Dublin