Lyr Add: Tom Wintringham (Spanish Civil War Song)

Subject: Lyr Add: TOM WINTRINGHAM (Spanish Civil War Song)
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 22 Jan 12 - 07:12 PM

Tom Wintringham

Can anyone complete the parts of the lyrics which I cannot catch in this song as performed by Paul Frith and the Considerate Lovers The recording can be heard HEREhttp://www.myspace.com/paulfrith/music/songs/tom-wintringham-23202184

He was the first in line,
At the start of the war in Spain,
He left all his life behind,
When old Franco's fascists reigned.

CHORUS

He struck up the band,
Marched on the land,
Tom Wintringham,
D--- his debt began.???

He was the last to bleed, believe ???
When they took his strength from him,
He could not quite believe,
All the things they took from him.

CHORUS

Would I do the same?
Would I go to war in Spain?
Put aside all my grief ,
For something that I believe.

CHORUS

CHORUS

These lyrics are being collected for the Mudcat perma-thread called Songs in English About the Spanish Civil War which can be reached with this link Songs in English About the Spanish Civil War

The following sites give information about Tom Wintringham who was commander of the British Battalion of the XVth International Brigade at the Battle of Jarama during the Spanish Civil War.(the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the battle is in three weeks time).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Wintringham


http://www.myspace.com/tomwintringham   ( although this site is a bit cavalier with the facts in saying that He founded the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War .

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: TOM WINTERINGHAM, Spanish Civil War Song
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 22 Jan 12 - 07:13 PM

How come I didn't spot the typo 3 seconds ago?????????
TOM WINTRINGHAM not WINTERINGHAM !

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: TOM WINTERINGHAM, Spanish Civil War Song
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 22 Jan 12 - 07:19 PM

Is it possible to take out that interloping e from the thread title Joe?

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Shore thing, Geoff. All fixed. -Joe-

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Tom Wintringham, Spanish Civil War Song
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 23 Jan 12 - 07:48 AM

Ta Joe

If anyone is signed up to MySpace perhaps you would please post something on the Paul Frith MySpace to which I give the link above ( first link, first post) and tell him about this thread and ask him to give us a definitive set of lyrics and possibly the background to the writing of the song ?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Tom Wintringham, Spanish Civil War Song
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 24 Jan 12 - 07:21 AM

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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Tom Wintringham (Spanish Civil War Song)
From: GUEST,Paul Frith
Date: 24 Jul 22 - 05:06 AM

So 10 years too late, but I just came across this!

D--- his debt began.??? = All of his deadly gang

He was the last to bleed, believe ??? = bleed

Also the original lyric was "When all Franco's fascists reigned", but I think I prefer "old Franco's"!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Tom Wintringham (Spanish Civil War Song)
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 30 Jul 22 - 06:06 AM

Tom Wintringham · Paul Frith & The Considerate Lovers on YouTube          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvS8mRoGI3o