Kid’s Songs About Franco & Sp.Civil War

Subject: Kid’s Songs About Franco & Sp.Civil War
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 13 Oct 18 - 04:20 AM

Does anyone know any children’s songs or playground chants about Franco and the Spanish Civil War? I have looked in “The Law And Language Of Schoolchildren” by Iona & Peter Opie where Hitler and Mussolini get plenty of mentions but I found nothing about the Spanish Civil War and Franco. In the Mudcat permathread “Songs In English About The Spanish Civil War” I have posted details of one song called “ The Spanish People “ which was sent to me by Clare Roberts back in 2012;

THE SPANISH PEOPLE
words - Anon, music - Samuel Pokrass

The Spanish people defend their right
For freedom and progress and truth they fight,
Now shall we delay while our comrades die
To strengthen our peace and our liberty?

Against the Hitlers, the Mussolinis!
Against the fascist enemy!
For peace and progress, for truth and freedom,
For people's true democracy!

Against the Hitlers, the Mussolinis!
Against the fascist enemy!
For peace and progress, for truth and freedom,
For people's true democracy!

https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=128093#spanishpeople

But I think that there are likely to be other songs or fragments that are out there somewhere??

Subject: RE: Kid’s Songs About Franco & Sp.Civil War
From: Thompson
Date: 13 Oct 18 - 05:02 AM

Only ones I've ever heard are the fragments in the old French film Les Choristes - when the boys are being auditioned for the reform school choir, they sing bits of various Fascist, Vichy and Communist songs - some, I think, have Civil War origin.

Subject: RE: Kid’s Songs About Franco & Sp.Civil War
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 17 Sep 19 - 05:09 AM

Rather late but I have just found
"Les Choristes - The chorus (auditions)" onYOUTUBE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcHpow4k4v8

which are the ones with " Civil War origin"?

Subject: RE: Kid’s Songs About Franco & Sp.Civil War
From: Monique
Date: 18 Sep 19 - 03:45 AM

As far as I know, none.
"Ils ont des chapeaux ronds" is a rugby song, "Il est né le divin enfant" is a Christmas carol, "1km à pied" is a marching song, "J'ai du bon tabac" is a satirical song from the 1700's, "L'amour est enfant de Bohème" is from Bizet's opera "Carmen", "Maréchal, nous voilà!" was dedicated to Marshall Pétain during WWII, "Aux armes, citoyens, têtes de chien" is the chorus of a camp song based on the chorus of "La Marseillaise" and you'll read at the top of that last page the verses partly based on "Dans la forêt lointaine".

Subject: RE: Kid’s Songs About Franco & Sp.Civil War
From: Mrrzy
Date: 20 Sep 19 - 10:07 AM

Look for songs in Catalan. Boy, did they hate him.