Songs of the Lincoln Brigade: Young Man From Alcala - Pete Seeger

A Spaniard who hails from Alcala,

When angered would shout mucha mala,

lie tossed a grenade at a Moorish Brigade.

And blew all those fascists to Allah,

Yippee ai aUee ai ay.

o Ihe Lincoln Battalion by cracky.

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hunch of brave bozos though wacky,

Th ey held down the line for monlh!

t al a lillH'.

'Gai1l51 Franco II Duce’s lackE-Y,

Yippee ai aUee ai ay.

'Twas there on the plains of Brunetc,

': Iidst a hail of steel and confeli,

With our planes and our bomh!

t w (' w. uld

: ollla: oh Franco·: o.

ranks.

Got sick on Italian spaghelli,

Yippee ai aUee ai ay.

o the Lincoln boys fought at Jarama,

They made the Jascisti cry mama,

They were holding Ihe line for months at a time,

And for sp'>rt they.

would play wilh a bomha,

Yippee ai aUee ai ay.

A codger from old Albacetc,

Took on 16 goats or a betta,

When asked how he f’lt.

he just hitched up his belt,

And said, Ii] can’t tell just as yetta,"

Yippee ai aUee ai ay.