HASTA LUEGO aka Fitba Not War
By Frank Rae
At Wednesday's Songwriting Competition at Edinburgh Folk Club just this week, third prize went to Frank Rae for his song "Fitba Not War" - also inspired by the Spanish Civil War.
From: GeoffLawes - PM
Date: 03 Jun 10 - 07:36 AM
Thank you Tattie Bogle, I have found Frank Rae's My Space and although the SCW song is not up there yet I guess he will put it up some time and so here is a link for future use :
http://www.myspace.com/frankrae2
This song has been recorded on the CD From Blantyre to Barcelona by Frank Rae under the title of Hasta Luego.
> Further details of this CD can be found here thread.cfm?threadid=143174
I will try to obtain the words and post them here.
A YouTube recording of Frank Rae singing his song Hasta Luego is now accessible HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Js_h1nR7iY The song was is to be re-released on a new Greentrax recording on August 1st called No Pasaran (They shall not pass) - Scots in the Spanish Civil War. See http://www.greentrax.com/music/artists/reviews/no-pasaran/
This song was originally recorded on the CD From Blantyre to Barcelona Further details of this CD can be found here thread.cfm?threadid=143174
Rab didnae go tae the fitba' that day
Well, the league, it wis jist aboot won anyway
He said he had something he jist hid tae dae
And he spoke aboot folk he called fascists
He said you're auld enough noo Tam tae go on your own
I'm sure that ye ken the right bus tae get on
But I wisnae tae tell oor Ma where he wis goin'
Then he said he was headin' for Paris
He said gae me a hug and gae me a smile
Ask a man and he'll lift you ower the turnstile
Wave your red banner and hear the crowd roar
But always remember it's fitba' no war
At the end of our road Rab bumped intae some mates
Who quizzed him aboot the International Brigades
They said he was daft he said he couldnae wait
Tae march intae Spain wi' his brothers
Rab telt them a' that tae him it wis clear
If we don't fight them there, we will fight them here
He asked them tae join him said there's nuthin' tae fear
Jist as long as we a' stick thegither
He said ….etc
Rab said life's no like fitba' when the sides are a' square
Wi' a ref in the middle tae make sure it's fair
Sometimes the others need mair than oor prayers
And he, fur wan, widnae ignore them
Then he slipped me a tanner, tae spend at the game
Said "Hasta Luego", whatever that meant
He ruffled my hair, smiled, turned then went
And that was the last time I saw him
He said…..etc
So I gave him a hug and I gave him a smile
I asked a man and he lifted me ower the turnstile
I waved my red banner and hear the crowd roar
And I always remember, it's fitba' no war
© Frank Rae
HEAR THE SONG HERE
Thanks to Frank Rae who supplied the words in the West Central Scottish vernacular in which he wrote them. The words are collected from another Mudcat thread here: thread.cfm?threadid=145987&messages=12#top And thanks to all who contributed to that thread with helpful corrections to my own earlier attempt to transcribe the song from the recording.