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Thread #128093   Message #3062268
Posted By: GeoffLawes
27-Dec-10 - 08:17 PM
Thread Name: Songs in English about the Spanish Civil War
Subject: Lyr Add: WE ARE THE FIGHTING ANTI-FASCISTS
WE ARE THE FIGHTING ANTI-FASCISTS


We are the fighting anti-fascists,
We're members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade,
We are the fighting anti-fascists,
And we'll stay here, until the fascist tomb is laid.
And when we get back home once more,
We'll do, we'll do the same thing there.
And when we get back home once more,
We'll do the same thing there.


These are the words to a song sung by Milton Wolff, once the commanding officer of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion during the Spanish Civil War, as he sings them in the film The Good Fight. You can see and hear him singing the song on part VI of the film as it appears on YouTube
Milton Wolff singing at 3.27/8.51 secs on THE GOOD FIGHT video

I used the first line of the song as its title:Does anyone know if that is correct, if there is any more of the song or who wrote it? I suspect the tune used is one borrowed from a song well known in the thirties: can anyone name that tune? Does anyone know anything more about the song?