THE JARAMA VALLEY
This song was recorded by Woody Guthrie with the Almanac Singers. Later it was done by Terry Gilkyson -- also with the Almanac Singers.

There's a valley in Spain called Jarama,
It's a place that we all know so well,
For it's there that we fought against the fascists,
And saw a peaceful valley turned to hell.

We are men of the Lincoln Batalion,
We are proud of the fight that we made,
And we know that the people of the valley,
Will remember our Lincoln Brigade.

From this valley they say we are leaving,
Hasten to bid us adieu,
For even though we lost the battle of Jarama,
We'll set the people free before we're through.

We are proud of the Lincoln Battalion,
And the fight for Madrid that they made,
There we fought like true sons of the people,
As part of the Fifteenth Brigade.

Now we are far from that valley of sorrow,
But it's memory we'll never forget,
In the midst of the struggles all around us,
Let's remember our glorious dead.

There's a valley in Spain called Jarama,
It's a place that we all know so well,
For it's there that we lost our dear manhood,
And most of our old age as well.

Art Thieme