Viva La Quinta Brigada - Christy Moore (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins

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  • Viva La Quinta Brigada - Christy Moore (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins
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    "Viva la Quinta Brigada" is a Christy Moore song about the Irishmen who fought in the Spanish Civil War against Franco and the fascists. The title was inspired by a Spanish song about the war, Ay Carmela, in which "Viva la Quinta Brigada" is the opening line.
    Moore wrote this song choosing to focus on the Irish socialist volunteers, also known as the Connolly Column, who were a small contingent within the 15th International Brigade (the song was first published as Quinta by mistake, or fifth, but changed to Quince, or 15th, in later releases). The melody is substantially similar to the version of Viva la Quince Brigada recorded by Pete Seeger and the Almanac Singers in the early 1940s.
    The song was inspired by Spanish Civil War veteran Michael O'Riordan's 1979 book Connolly Column.
    Moore said: "Without Michael O'Riordan I'd never have been able to write Viva la Quince Brigada. I must have performed the song over a thousand times and every single time I sing it I think of Mick and wonder how can I ever thank him enough. In Spain in 1983 I was reading his book, Connolly Column - the story of the Irishmen who fought for the Spanish Republic, and I began this song as I read on. The song was lifted entirely from his book."
    Lyrics:
    [C]Ten years be[G]fore I saw the [C]light of morning
    A comradeship of [F]heroes was laid
    From every corner of the [G]world came sailing
    The Fifteenth [F]International [C]Brigade
    They came to stand beside the Spanish people
    To try and stem the rising fascist tide
    Franco's allies were the powerful and wealthy
    Frank Ryan's men came from the other side
    Even the olives were bleeding
    As the battle for Madrid it thundered on
    Truth and love against the force of evil
    Brotherhood against the fascist clan
    [C]Viva la Quin[F]te Brigada
    'No Pasaran', [G]the pledge that [C]made them fight
    'Adelante' is the cry around [Am]the hillside
    [F]Let us [G]all remember [C]them tonight
    Bob Hilliard was a Church of Ireland pastor
    Form Killarney across the Pyrenees he came
    From Derry came a brave young Christian Brother
    Side by side they fought and died in Spain
    Tommy Woods age seventeen died in Cordoba
    With Na Fianna he learned to hold his gun
    From Dublin to the Villa del Rio
    Where he fought and died beneath the blazing sun
    Viva la Quinte Brigada
    'No Pasaran', the pledge that made them fight
    'Adelante' is the cry around the hillside
    Let us all remember them tonight
    Many Irishmen heard the call of Franco
    Joined Hitler and Mussolini too
    Propaganda from the pulpit and newspapers
    Helped O'Duffy to enlist his crew
    The word came from Maynooth, 'support the Nazis'
    The men of cloth failed again
    When the Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Dun Laoghaire
    As they sailed beneath the swastika to Spain
    Viva la Quinte Brigada
    'No Pasaran', the pledge that made them fight
    'Adelante' is the cry around the hillside
    Let us all remember them tonight
    This song is a tribute to Frank Ryan
    Kit Conway and Dinny Coady too
    Peter Daly, Charlie Regan and Hugh Bonar
    Though many died I can but name a few
    Danny Boyle, Blaser-Brown and Charlie Donnelly
    Liam Tumilson and Jim Straney from the Falls
    Jack Nalty, Tommy Patton and Frank Conroy
    Jim Foley, Tony Fox and Dick O'Neill
    Viva la Quinte Brigada
    'No Pasaran', the pledge that made them fight
    'Adelante' is the cry around the hillside
    Let us all remember them tonight

КОМЕНТАРІ • 90

  • @alexs1954
    @alexs1954 2 роки тому +49

    No Passaran! I love seeing recognition of the Spanish Civil War, and I’d love to see a rendition of ‘The Valley of Jarama’ by Woodie Guthrie if you can find the time.

  • @davidavezzie4029
    @davidavezzie4029 2 роки тому +69

    I have learned more about history by listening to your music then looking up what your singing about than I did in 14 years of school. Keep up the good work!

    • @sethstatonwatkins
      @sethstatonwatkins  2 роки тому +17

      Glad to be of service!

    • @ozythegreat
      @ozythegreat Рік тому +3

      tell you what youve hit this nail right on the head, ive got the same opinion

    • @user-ch5qd3uz3l
      @user-ch5qd3uz3l Рік тому +3

      now ask yourself why you're only learning about this history now

    • @kevinlamitie8210
      @kevinlamitie8210 Рік тому

      IRISH SCOTTS KEV HERE.CHECK OUT.DAVE HOLDRIN(IRISH LAD)6SEO LIN(LURGAN)N CLOSSIC IRISH REBEL.HAPPY LEARNING.✌️🙏🇨🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀

  • @Mickyboi1
    @Mickyboi1 Рік тому +24

    Brilliant version, my Irish great grandad met my great grandmother whilst he was fighting in the Spanish civil war🍀

    • @ganlesat
      @ganlesat 11 місяців тому

      Honour to you 🫡✊️✊️✊️

    • @jhr384
      @jhr384 2 місяці тому

      gran-ma was quite the badass!

  • @Alexlalpaca
    @Alexlalpaca Рік тому +16

    I find the comments that feel the need to establish the writer's nationality generally quite corny but if there was ever a time to say "thank you and greetings from Spain" it is no doubt this one.
    My utmost respect to the folks who came to fight and die in a war that was not their own because they knew it was the right thing to do, too. I know I would not be capable of doing the same. Let us remember them indeed. Maybe I should take a walk to the memorial in my town's cemetery today.
    Lastly, remember: No matter where you are or where you come from, the fight against fascism never ended, and it doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon.

    • @rayito1975
      @rayito1975 2 місяці тому

      Saludos cordiales desde la ciudad de México 🇲🇽...también mexicanos viajaron a España 🇪🇸. El cuerpo de voluntarios Benito Juárez Garcia(800-1000hombres aproximadamente )es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuerpo_de_Voluntarios_%22Benito_Ju%C3%A1rez_Garc%C3%ADa%22

  • @kevinlamitie8210
    @kevinlamitie8210 Рік тому +6

    IRISH SCOTTS KEV HERE...THANK YA.XO,✌️🤟🙏🤟🇨🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀

  • @daneelolivaw1976
    @daneelolivaw1976 3 місяці тому +1

    What a beautiful song, what a beautiful voice. THANK YOU

  • @aitorm9586
    @aitorm9586 2 роки тому +6

    Been moved to tears by this. No Pasarán.

  • @amplevelvet5763
    @amplevelvet5763 2 роки тому +49

    Love it. International brigades are the heroes of Spain from all around the world! No Pasaran!

    • @loganlogan2194
      @loganlogan2194 2 роки тому +7

      No they aren’t

    • @carolusmagnus9757
      @carolusmagnus9757 2 роки тому

      They weren't heroes, the true heroes were the ones that fought for God under general O'Duffy

    • @amplevelvet5763
      @amplevelvet5763 2 роки тому +1

      @@carolusmagnus9757 The ones that gone to help Hitler? Are you insane? Or a Nazi?

    • @amplevelvet5763
      @amplevelvet5763 2 роки тому +1

      @@loganlogan2194 Why are you came here then? Are you here to spew hate? Why won't you go and listen to "Erica" or whatever your kind listen to nowdays.

    • @FM_1819
      @FM_1819 2 роки тому +4

      Ya hemos pasado!

  • @jaybird1021
    @jaybird1021 2 роки тому +7

    I saw you perform this in St. Louis earlier this summer and it's stuck with me ever since. So glad to get to hear you sing it again!

  • @Big_Emilio
    @Big_Emilio 2 роки тому +12

    Goodness, I'm glad you were recommended to me, your voice is wonderful and uplifting! Kudos to you, and never stop singing!
    I don't know how many songs you've got on backlog, but I'll always be a big proponent of your Stan Rogers covers! My vote would be White Squall!

    • @sethstatonwatkins
      @sethstatonwatkins  2 роки тому +4

      On my list!

    • @achillebelanger9546
      @achillebelanger9546 2 роки тому

      @@sethstatonwatkins But tell me…what were their names? Did you have a friend on the good Rueben James?

  • @cathanmccann1769
    @cathanmccann1769 2 роки тому +6

    I'm so glad you covered it. Didn't think this would ever be covered by you 😀👍

  • @manuelavilavega2775
    @manuelavilavega2775 Рік тому +5

    Preciosa voz y canción
    Viva la quinta brigada
    NO Pasarán

  • @MrJamesBanana
    @MrJamesBanana 2 роки тому +3

    Oh, I was really hoping for this song. THANK YOU!

  • @DOCCOPA
    @DOCCOPA 2 роки тому +5

    i haven't listened to this in ages, thanks

  • @persianprince6213
    @persianprince6213 2 роки тому +8

    Awesome job Seth! Been waiting for this one, it's great! 👍👍👍

    • @sethstatonwatkins
      @sethstatonwatkins  2 роки тому +4

      Glad you like it!

    • @persianprince6213
      @persianprince6213 2 роки тому +1

      @@sethstatonwatkins Thanks, I'm glad you made it! 😁😁🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪👌

  • @AnEntropyFan
    @AnEntropyFan 2 роки тому +4

    Perfect!

  • @r.kethhry5963
    @r.kethhry5963 2 роки тому +1

    It was wonderful. Such bittersweet lyrics and your exceptional voice made me cry. Don't ever stop singing.

  • @sentimentaloldme
    @sentimentaloldme Рік тому +1

    Lovely ballad..Written (I think) by Christy Moore while on holiday in Frigiliana, Spain a good few years back.

  • @snippychicken2220
    @snippychicken2220 2 роки тому +4

    love it

  • @menyou1443
    @menyou1443 2 роки тому +1

    Hey bud your favorite fan here💚💚💚 I love this and you. This has quickly risen to the top of my all time favorites list(: I am so grateful for you and your work; this song in particular has been helping me so much through some really tough times. As I say, you are there for me in ways that no one can be… your voice is a comfort and your music a rare refuge for me. Here, I don’t have to worry about my life or my pain, and I go on another journey with you through another time for just a moment. What a gift to be here with you! I admire you… and I know you would be one of these brave heroes, as you aren’t afraid to do right in a world of wrong… I thank you for that. Your humanity and heart are so refreshing. You are a guiding light, and a much needed one on each dark day that comes to stay. You are doing so much more for me than you will ever know. Thank you💚💚💚

  • @ianhalverson6350
    @ianhalverson6350 2 роки тому +3

    beautiful performance again, Seth 👍

  • @rifleman1122
    @rifleman1122 2 роки тому +4

    Great job as always

  • @kimberlyleich4434
    @kimberlyleich4434 2 роки тому +9

    This was amazing. I didn't know this song before I heard you sing it and now I guarantee I'll be humming it for days.

  • @tiran2237
    @tiran2237 2 роки тому +24

    As a spaniard who's family fought entirely in the republican side...thanks for this song, it's beautiful

    • @aitorm9586
      @aitorm9586 2 роки тому +1

      Pone los pelos de punta...

  • @РоманСухов-н6ф
    @РоманСухов-н6ф 8 місяців тому

    Благодарю Вас, прекрасное исполнение .👏✊

  • @menyou1443
    @menyou1443 Рік тому +2

    Hey folks, I played this during my first root canal (only got to finish half so far til next week) this afternoon, and maybe next week for my second half or restoration surgery… adelanté!!!

  • @Ethan-md1jx
    @Ethan-md1jx 2 роки тому +5

    Another great song cover Seth, been loving all of them since you began, was wondering if you could do a cover of fenians of the rock as my great grandfather was a part oof the band of fenians depicted in the song, would mean so much to me and especially my dad.
    Éire go brách agus Tiocfaidh ár lá mo chara, sing on

  • @pintoffanta2510
    @pintoffanta2510 2 роки тому +6

    You should do Kelly's Irish brigade or the Irish volunteer.

    • @falloutfart9917
      @falloutfart9917 2 роки тому

      Another idea would be My father’s gun

    • @pintoffanta2510
      @pintoffanta2510 2 роки тому

      @@falloutfart9917 what do you have against the Irish lmao?

    • @falloutfart9917
      @falloutfart9917 2 роки тому +1

      @PintOfFanta It is a song about an Irishmen taking his gun and emigrating to America after things take a turn for the worse in Ireland and he ends up in the civil war

    • @pintoffanta2510
      @pintoffanta2510 2 роки тому

      @@falloutfart9917 Fuck man I thought something else I'm shitting myself rn 😂

  • @thomasdaly583
    @thomasdaly583 2 роки тому +5

    Well boy any chance of streets of Newyork

  • @senorsombrero1275
    @senorsombrero1275 2 роки тому +4

    I was half expecting you to start singing in the spanish of the original song.

  • @tora0neko
    @tora0neko 2 роки тому +11

    Viva CNT! Viva la revolucion!

  • @persianprince6213
    @persianprince6213 2 роки тому +6

    Could you do "children of fear", and "child of destiny", and "Padraig Pearse" by the Wolfe tones?

    • @sethstatonwatkins
      @sethstatonwatkins  2 роки тому +5

      I'll see what I can do!

    • @gnaskar
      @gnaskar 2 роки тому +1

      Especially Padraig Pearse; there are way too few versions of that one out there.

    • @persianprince6213
      @persianprince6213 2 роки тому +1

      @@sethstatonwatkins Awesome thank you so much!

  • @NP-ok3mr
    @NP-ok3mr 5 місяців тому

    Como esto siga así, pronto tendremos que volver a cantarla...

  • @luislitros
    @luislitros Рік тому +3

    Beautiful cover of a beautiful song. Greetings from the antifascist Spain. Truth and love against the force of evil, brotherhood against the fascist clan.

  • @nolifemerc3824
    @nolifemerc3824 Рік тому +1

  • @christoferseakey555
    @christoferseakey555 Рік тому

    Well, Earnest Miller Hemingway wrote the
    text 'The Fifth Brigade'
    Viva La Quince Brigada (Long Live the 15th Brigade)
    Song by Pete Seeger
    I guess there is a difference between fifth and fifth Eent?

    • @MrFgfgdg
      @MrFgfgdg Рік тому

      Quince= 15
      Quinta= 5th
      The American unit was in the 15th brigade. The Irish were in the 5th

    • @svalk2009
      @svalk2009 Рік тому

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva_la_Quinta_Brigada

  • @AntoniCandido
    @AntoniCandido Рік тому +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Bountyhopper
    @Bountyhopper 2 роки тому +3

    Can you do killkelly Ireland

  • @caper2x
    @caper2x 2 роки тому +9

    Epic, Maestro. But you seem to have a thing for lost causes and forlorn hopes. Keep at it.

  • @Deadfoot32O
    @Deadfoot32O 2 роки тому +3

    The algorithm sent me here after a Hearts of Iron video.... I think I'll stick around.

  • @miguelangelvalencia2632
    @miguelangelvalencia2632 Рік тому +1

    Honor y gloria a los irlandeses y a Irlanda.

  • @danielpalama3700
    @danielpalama3700 Рік тому +1

    No Pasaran!

  • @magdalen5108
    @magdalen5108 8 місяців тому

    I guess fascism is always with us we must remember all those who faught before us and make them proud as the fascists have now gone global against the ordinary people we all fight a many front war. Between Palestine, Yemen and Argentina. From Germany, Netherlands and Britain.

  • @ValterMontanari
    @ValterMontanari 10 днів тому

    No pasaran......

  • @chenZhang-fx6vi
    @chenZhang-fx6vi Рік тому +2

    今天我们的故乡是马德里

  • @charlesaguayo7306
    @charlesaguayo7306 7 місяців тому

    Palestinas tiene que tener fe en Jesús para su libertad con fuerza con Amor venceremo al enemigo malos Los que murieron su Almas ya están frente al reino celestial junto a los Angeles Dios está ahí con ellos Vivas palestinas Vivas Jesús para siempre en sus corazones

  • @kylecasey7010
    @kylecasey7010 Рік тому

    It’s highly ironic that the Soviets straight murdered all the international brigade members they got their hands on after the war.

  • @thesipesisrandom4534
    @thesipesisrandom4534 Місяць тому

    Franco was better. God Bless

  • @MrZemme
    @MrZemme Рік тому +1

    Don't like the Franco love I still see around, but a Communist victory would have been an unprecedented disaster for Spain. Not that that matters. This was a fun little song very well done.

    • @noeramirez2151
      @noeramirez2151 Рік тому +1

      👎🐜💀🚀

    • @svalk2009
      @svalk2009 Рік тому

      His dictatorship's use of forced labour, concentration camps and executions led to between 30,000 and 50,000 deaths. Combined with wartime killings, this brings the death toll of the White Terror to between 100,000 and 200,000. I think you’re a bit naive.

  • @ganlesat
    @ganlesat 11 місяців тому +1

    Bravo !!!
    LONG LIVE THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES !!! ✊️✊️✊️

  • @NP-ok3mr
    @NP-ok3mr 5 місяців тому

    From Dublin to Villa del Río....¿nadie va ahora from Madrid to Gaza, por ejemplo a luchar contra el fascismo?