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Thread #128093   Message #2886384
Posted By: GeoffLawes
14-Apr-10 - 09:37 AM
Thread Name: Songs in English about the Spanish Civil War
Subject: RE: Songs in English about the Spanish Civil War
NO PASARAN

By Gary Kaye

I have just discovered this song on YouTube.
It is obviously a fairly recent song. Does anyone know any more about the song or the singer? Was anyone at the performance?

NO PASARAN

On Cable Street where comrades meet
They stopped the fascists in their tracks
As side by side they stood with pride
They turned the black shirt bastards back
Then down in Spain they felt the pain
Those comrades fought and there they fell
With Stalin’s help a blow was dealt
They damned the fascists into hell

No pasaran No pasaran We will not yield these streets today
No pasaran No pasaran The people here will have their say

People said no, rivers won’t flow
The blood will not spill in our land
So Powell’s words stopped being heard
As decent people took a stand
Monsieur Le Pen he tried again
To be a fascist President
People of France they took their chance
And knocked him down with common sense

No pasaran No pasaran We will not yield these streets today
No pasaran No pasaran The people here will have their say

The BNP spread their disease
And dress it up as politics
We are not fooled we won’t be ruled
By those who stand there spouting shit
This war’s not won it’s just begun
For every woman, child and man
So don’t give in ‘cos we can win If we cry out No pasaran

No pasaran No pasaran We will not yield these streets today
No pasaran No pasaran The people here will have their say