NON-INTERVENTION
Amirah Inglis, Australians in the Spanish Civil War, page 26, refers to a Sydney University songbook, Dirt Cheap, from 1938, which had the lyrics of Non-Intervention, to be sung to the tune of Waltzing Matilda. Inglis gives bits and pieces of the lyrics:
Once a jolly Franco started up a civil war
Liking himself as the top dog you see
....
Aeroplanes from Italy are raining bombs on wrecked Madrid
Gunners from the Volga side are firing merrily
And the League still declares, with the simple faith of infancy
Non-intervention's a reality.
Apparently the song had a go at all the parties to the dispute, but above all, the League of Nations.
From: GeoffLawes -
Date: 14 Apr 10 -Does anyone know more of the words?