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'''Songs of the Spanish Civil War''' were folk songs and anthems brought by fighters on both sides of the War. The songs were adapted into marching songs, or sung around campfires.
==Traditional==
===Songs of the Republican side===
*''[[Ay Carmela (song)|¡Ay Carmela!]]'', also known as ''El Paso del Ebro'', - [[Second Spanish Republic|Republican]] song
*''[[Eusko Gudariak]]'' ("Basque Soldiers") - anthem of the [[Eusko Gudarostea|Basque Autonomous Army]]
*''[[Los cuatro generales]]'',  also known as ''El Puente de los Franceses'', based on ''Los cuatro muleros'' by [[Federico García Lorca]] with lyrics by [[Ernst Busch (actor)|Ernst Busch]]<ref>[http://letras.mus.br/rolando-alarcon/965599/ Los cuatro generales - Rolando Alárcon]</ref>
*''[[El Himno de Riego]]'' - anthem of the [[Second Spanish Republic|Spanish Republic]]
*''[[A Las Barricadas]]'' - [[Spanish anarchism|Spanish anarchist]] anthem
*''[[Hijos del pueblo]]'' - Another anarchist anthem
*''[[Si me quieres escribir]]'', also known as ''El Frente de Gandesa'' - Republican song<ref>[http://centros1.pntic.mec.es/ies.maria.moliner3/guerra/c_rep.htm Canciones republicanas]</ref>
*''[[The Internationale]]'' - Socialist anthem
*''[[Jarama Valley (song)|Jarama Valley]]'' - [[Second Spanish Republic|Republican]] song
*''[[Spaniens Himmel]]'' - "Spain's heaven spreads its brightest stars ..."
*''[[El quinto regimiento (song)|El quinto regimiento]]'' - Socialist anthem
*''Viva la FAI'' - Anarchist anthem
*''[[En la Plaza de mi Pueblo]]''
*''[[Arroja la bomba]]'' - Anarchist song (there also exists a moderated version ''Luchemos Obreros'' and an Italian version ''Mano alla bomba'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antiwar Songs (AWS): Anonymous - Arroja la bomba |url=https://www.antiwarsongs.org//canzone.php?id=6023&lang=en |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.antiwarsongs.org |language=en}}</ref>
===Songs of the Nationalist side===
* ''[[Marcha Real|La Marcha Real]]'' - Anthem of [[Francoist Spain]]
* ''[[Cantos nacionales]]'' ("national songs") were accorded special honors.<ref name="BOE1937">{{cite journal |last1=Franco |first1=Francisco |title=Decreto número 226 |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=28 February 1937 |issue=131 |pages=548–549 |url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1937/131/A00548-00549.pdf |accessdate=23 October 2019}}<!-- I am not sure cite journal is the best template for citing BOE. --></ref><ref name="BOE1942">{{cite journal |last1=Franco |first1=Francisco |title=DECRETO de 17 de julio de 1942 por el que se refunden las disposiciones vigentes en lo que respecta el Himno Nacional, Cantos Nacionales y Saludos. |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=21 July 1942 |page=5346 |url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1942/202/A05346-05346.pdf |accessdate=23 October 2019}}</ref>
**''[[Oriamendi]]'' - [[Carlist]] anthem
**''[[Cara al Sol]]'' - [[Falangist]] anthem
**''[[Cancion del Legionario]]'' - Song of the [[Spanish Legion]]
*''[[Camisa Azul]]'' - Falangist Song
*''Ya Hemos Pasao'' - [[Celia Gamez]]
*''Falangista Soy'' - Falangist Song
*''Cálzame las Alpargatas'' - Carlist Song
*''Arriba España'' - Italian Song.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/HqqyhxYfXBE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180325215722/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqqyhxYfXBE&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqqyhxYfXBE| title = Crivel - Arriba España (con testo) | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Retrospective==
*"Juanita" - [[Björn Afzelius]]
* "[[1936, The Spanish Revolution]]" - The Ex
* "[[Viva la Quinta Brigada]]" (later retitled "Viva la Quince Brigada") - Christy Moore's tribute to the fallen Irish
*"[[Spanish Bombs]]" - The Clash
*"[[Life During Wartime (song)|Life During Wartime]]" - Talking Heads
*"[[If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next]]" - Manic Street Preachers
* ''Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War'' (Various artists) (2007) —with contributions by Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Joel Rafael and Aoife (Finnes) Clancy (from Cherish the Ladies).
*"On the Border" ([[Al Stewart]]) (1977) ''[[Year of the Cat (album)|Year of the Cat]]'' album.<ref>[http://alstewart.com/publicfiles/LYRICS_ontheborder.htm On the Border"; Al Stewart]</ref>
* "Always the Cause" (Al Stewart) (1995) [[Between the War (Al Stewart album)|''Between the Wars'']]
*''Flowers from Exile'' album by [[Rome (band)|Rome]]
*"Guernica" by [[The Cinematics]] (2010)
==See also==
* ''[[Canciones de la Guerra Civil Española]]'' album
* [[Pete Seeger#Spanish Civil War songs|Pete Seeger]] (section 'Spanish Civil War songs')
* [[Ernst Busch (actor)]]
* [[Music of the American Civil War]]
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.zisman.ca/InternationalBrigadesSongbook/ Songbook of the International Brigades]
*[http://www.guerracivil1936.galeon.com/canciones2.htm Songs of the Spanish Civil War]
*[https://11songsofthespanishcivilwar.neocities.org/ 11 Songs of the Spanish Civil War]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CZgXSAAhis Spain's heavens or the Thaelmann Brigade]
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