The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63785   Message #2486288
Posted By: Jim Carroll
06-Nov-08 - 02:56 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Red River Valley, Gaelic?
Subject: RE: Origins: Red River Valley, Gaelic?
The tune and form of RRV was used for one of the best-known songs of The Spanish Civil War concerning the bitterly fought battle for Jerama.

(from memory)
There's a valley in Spain called Jerama
It's a place that we all know so well,
It was there that we gave of our manhood,
And where most of our brave comrades fell.

Jim Carroll