Jarama Valley Reunion (F) We were men of the Lincoln Battalion Words: McDade ,Tune: Red River Valley proud of the fight that we made We’re a Valley in Spain called We know that you people of the valley There’s Jarama, Will remember our Lincoln Brigade a place that we all know so well, It’s It is there that we gave of our From this valley they say we are going manhood, But hasten to bid us adieu don’t And so many of our brave comrades Even though we lost the battle at fell. Jarama set this valley free We’ll 'fore we’re We are proud of the British Battalion, through And the stand for Madrid that they made, You will never find peace with these For they fought like true sons of the Fascists people. never find friends such as we You’ll As part of the Fifteenth Brigade. So remember that valley of Jarama And the people set that valley that’ll With the whole international column, free In the stand for the freedom of Spain We pledged in the valley of Jarama From this valley they say we are going That fascism never would reign hasten to bid us adieu Don’t Even though we lost the battle at Now left that dark valley of Jarama we’ve sorrow set this valley free We’ll 'fore we’re And its memories we shall forget, through ne’er So before we conclude this reunion Let us stand to our glorious dead. All this world is like this valley called Jarama Jarama Valley So green and so bright and so fair No fascists can dwell in our valley Words: Woody Guthrie Nor breathe in our new air freedom’s a valley in Spain called Jarama There’s a place that we all know so well It’s From this valley they say we are going It was there that we fought against the Do not hasten to bid us adieu Fascists Even though we lost the battle at We saw a peaceful valley turn to hell Jarama set this valley free We’ll 'fore we’re From this valley they say we are going through . But hasten to bid us adieu don’t Even though we lost the battle at Jarama set this valley free We’ll 'fore we’re through Jericho (Wall Around Jericho) (Dm)
Jarama Valley Reunion (F) Words: McDade ,Tune: Red River Valley There’s a Valley in Spain called Jarama, It’s a place that we all know so well, It is there that we gave of our manhood, And so many of our brave comrades fell. We are proud of the British Battalion, And the stand for Madrid that they made, For they fought like true sons of the people. As part of the Fifteenth Brigade. With the whole international column, In the stand for the freedom of Spain We pledged in the valley of Jarama That fascism never would reign Now we’ve left that dark valley of sorrow And its memories we ne’er shall forget, So before we conclude this reunion Let us stand to our glorious dead. Jarama Valley Words: Woody Guthrie There’s a valley in Spain called Jarama It’s a place that we all know so well It was there that we fought against the Fascists We saw a peaceful valley turn to hell From this valley they say we are going But don’t hasten to bid us adieu Even though we lost the battle at Jarama We’ll set this valley free 'fore we’re through We were men of the Lincoln Battalion We’re proud of the fight that we made We know that you people of the valley Will remember our Lincoln Brigade From this valley they say we are going But don’t hasten to bid us adieu Even though we lost the battle at Jarama We’ll set this valley free 'fore we’re through You will never find peace with these Fascists You’ll never find friends such as we So remember that valley of Jarama And the people that’ll set that valley free From this valley they say we are going Don’t hasten to bid us adieu Even though we lost the battle at Jarama We’ll set this valley free 'fore we’re through All this world is like this valley called Jarama So green and so bright and so fair No fascists can dwell in our valley Nor breathe in our new freedom’s air From this valley they say we are going Do not hasten to bid us adieu Even though we lost the battle at Jarama We’ll set this valley free 'fore we’re through . Jericho (Wall Around Jericho) (Dm)
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