Young Man from Alcala - Pete Seeger and the Almanac singers

Young Man from Alcala - Pete Seeger and the Almanac singers Many thanks to Cracken1979 for the lyric!! A Spaniard who hailed from Alcala When angered would shout ’mucho mala!’ He’d toss a grenade at a Moorish Brigade And blew all the facists to Allah Yippy ai-adda aye-ai Yippy ai-adda aye-ai Oh the Lincoln Battalion by crackey A bunch of brave bozos though whacky They held down the line for months at a time ’Gainst Franco xxx and his lackey. Yippy ai-adda aye-ai Yippy ai-adda aye-ai ’t Was there on the plains of Brunete Mr. hail steel and confetti With our planes and our bombs we would xxx Franco’s ranks And pick out Italian spagetta Yippy ai-adda aye-ai Yippy ai-adda aye-ai Oh the Lincoln boys fought at Jarama They made the fascisti cry ’Mama!’ They were holding the line for months at a time And for football they would play with bomma Yippy ai-adda aye-ai Yippy ai-adda aye-ai A codger from ol’ Albacete Took ...... ? When asked how he felt he just hitched up his belt And said I can’t tell just as yetta Yippy ai-adda aye-ai Yippy ai-adda aye-ai Abraham Lincoln Brigade: XV International Brigade: Spain 1936-1939: Pete Seeger: Almanac Singers: Woody Guthrie: ...