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mikesamwild	Songs in English about the Spanish Civil War (234* d)	RE: Songs in English about the Spanish Civil War	18 Apr 11
Re The olives bleeding , when we were at Jarama in March they were harvesting some black olives . I squahed some and the juice was red and bitter. So a great image. I found several ancient trees with shrapnel embedded in the trunks from 74 years ago The battle was Feb 1937.. We found sardine tins and bullets etc all preserved as the limestone soil is dry and the climate is better than ours! I read the poem by John Lepper where he says 'Death stalked the olive groves His leaden finger beckoned again and again.' Somebody set that to music it was on youtube I found it very powerful at the spot where my uncle Bert was killed along with Clem Beckett, Christopher St.John Sprigg (aka Caudwell) (Sprigg) and so many others - and my dad Sam was wounded on Feb 12 th 1937

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