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GUEST,John Fisher	Songs in English about the Spanish Civil War (234* d)	Lyr Add: I WANT TO GO HOME	14 Apr 10
I WANT TO GO HOME My dad was a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (see Harry Fisher, Comrades, Tales of a Brigadista in the Spanish Civil War, University of Nebraska Press, 1997). He loved Viva La Quince Brigada, and the other SCW songs. But he always said that's not actually what the guys sang in Spain. The song he remembered best, and still loved to sing decades later was a remake of an old WWI song with the lyrics... I want to go home, I want to go home Machine guns they rattle and cannons they roar I don't want to go to the front any more So take me over the sea Where the fascists can't get at me Oh, my, I'm too young to die I want to go home I've never seen the song recorded. John Fisher johnbfisher@earthlink.net From: GeoffLawes - PM Date: 14 Apr 10 - 08:34 PM Hi GUEST John Fisher, I have just come across this very song in Michael Petrou's book,RENEGADES, about the Canadian volunteers in Spain. Below are the words as Petrou writes them and you will see that one or two of the words are slightly different. I want to go home, I don't wanna die Machine guns they rattle The cannons they roar I don't want to go to the front any more Oh take me over the sea Where Franco can't get at me Oh! My! I'm too young to die I wanna to go home! Petrou's footnote to these lyrics says he got them from Irving Weissman who was being interviewed by Mac Reynolds, circa 1965 and that the interview is now kept in The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio Archive. This song is based on a World War One song written by a Canadian called Gitz Rice and here is some more information about the original songwriter and song. LINK TO ORIGINAL SHEET MUSIC Newspaper Cutting 'THE STORY OF GITZ RICE' OBITURARY of GITZ RICE

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