SALUD INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE!


By Jim Brown
   

Salud International Brigade!
We honour the gallant part you played,
Remembered with pride on the banks of the Clyde,
Salud International Brigade!

From Scotland and every place they came,
To fight with the working class of Spain,
And they helped defend Madrid,
When Franco made his bid,
In the bombing and the shelling and the flame.
Salud International Brigade!
We honour the gallant part you played,
Remembered with pride on the banks of the Clyde,
Salud International Brigade!

When Franco said he'd pass they answered'Never!'
Said those heroes whose names will live forever,
And how valiantly they tried to halt that fascist tide.
From Jarama Valley to the Ebro River.
Salud International Brigade!
We honour the gallant part you played,
Remembered with pride on the banks of the Clyde,
Salud International Brigade!

Passionaria, her statue stands today,
On the banks of the Clyde at Customs Quay,
In memory of the time when from shipyard and from mine,
Those volunteers they chose to make their way.
Salud International Brigade!
We honour the gallant part you played,
Remembered with pride on the banks of the Clyde,
Salud International Brigade!

Better to die fighting on your feet ,
Than live forever on your knees,
And if the fascists rise again, the way they did in Spain,
We'll know the truth there was in words like these,
Salud International Brigade!
We honour the gallant part you played,
Remembered with pride on the banks of the Clyde,
Salud International Brigade!

© Jim Brown

The words and music for this song were written by Jim Brown of Cumbernauld, Scotland who died at the end of 2010. Thank you to Joan Brown for permission to post Jim's great song here and to Geordie McIntyre for sending it to me.
Jim Brown recorded the song on his cassette tape album My Old Guitar which contains other songs written by Jim.
The song is now performed by Geordie McIntyre.