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Thread #143174   Message #3308470
Posted By: GUEST,Graham Carter
14-Feb-12 - 02:08 PM
Thread Name: Review: New CD of Scots Spanish Civil War Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: VIVA ESPAÑA! (FIGHTING AGAINST FASCISM)
VIVA ESPAÑA! (FIGHTING AGAINST FASCISM) - (Graham Carter)

All across the Spanish plains, the guns are ringing out,
Olé! Viva España!
In the streets of Madrid, people scream and shout,
Olé! Viva España!

And we've been fighting against Fascism for liberty,
Olé! Viva España!
Waging bloody war for Democracy.
Olé! Viva España!

Adolf Hitler dropped his bombs down on Guernica,
Olé! Viva España!
And the Nationalists have taken Malaga,
Olé! Viva España!

And we've been fighting against Fascism for Liberty,
Olé! Viva España!
Waging Bloody war for Democracy,
Olé! Viva España!

There's a Nationalist advance in Catalonia,
Olé! Viva España!
And they say Negrin has fled to Gerona now,
Olé! Viva España!

And we've been fighting against Fascism for Liberty,
Olé! Viva España!
Waging bloody war for Democracy,
Olé! Viva España!

The Civil war is lost and the Republic's through,
Olé! Viva España!
Franco was proclaimed Generalísimo,
Olé! Viva España!

And we've been fighting against Fascism for liberty,
Olé! Viva España!
Waring Bloody war for Democracy,
Olé! Viva España!


This song was based on an arrangement of the traditional sea-shanty "Santy Anno". You can find out a bit more about me on www.reverbnation.com/growlingrahamcarter