Jarama Valley

Alex McDade

Originale	8. English translation of the Russian version
JARAMA VALLEY	JARAMA [The Lincoln Battalion]
1. Alex McDade's original version 1. La versione originale di Alex McDade 1. La version originale d'Alex McDade 1. Alex McDaden alkuperäinen versio	There by the troubled waters of Jarama We'll demonstrate the power of work, And raising our red flag We'll overcome suffering and death!
Alex McDade.	The enemy may well smile and rejoice For we have no artillery, But the bayonets of the Lincoln Battalion Won't yield to the fascist armour!
There’s a valley in Spain called Jarama, That's a place that we all know so well, for 'tis there that we wasted our manhood, And most of our old age as well.	There by the troubled waters of Jarama We'll demonstrate the power of work, And raising our red flag We'll overcome suffering and death!
From this valley they tell us we're leaving But don't hasten to bid us adieu For e'en though we make our departure We'll be back in an hour or two	We won't abandon our positions, Our outpost will be insuperable, We'll overflow the wall for victory, To death too, we'll say “Adios”!
Oh, we're proud of our British Battalion, And the marathon record it's made, Please do us this one little favour And take this last word to Brigade:	There by the troubled waters of Jarama We'll demonstrate the power of work, And raising our red flag We'll overcome suffering and death!
"You will never be happy with strangers, They would not understand you as we, So remember the Jarama Valley And the old men who wait patiently".	Here, one day, the peasants will remember Those who valiantly faced the enemy By the remote Jarama river in Spain, The fighters of the voluntary brigades!