El Quinto Regimiento

The Fifth Regiment

El Quinto Regimiento

On the eighteenth of JulyEl dieciocho de julio
In the courtyard of a conventEn el patio de un convento
The Communist PartyEl Partido Comunista
Founded the fifth regimentFundó el quinto regimiento

With Líster, the peasantCon Líster, el campesino
With Galán and with ModestoCon Galán y con Modesto
With Commander CarlosCon el comandante Carlos
There's no militiaman afraidNo hay miliciano con miedo

Let's go commotion, commotionAnda jaleo, jaleo
The machine gun soundsSuena la ametralladora
And Franco goes for a walkY Franco se va a paseo
And Franco goes for a walkY Franco se va a paseo

Let's go commotion, commotionAnda jaleo, jaleo
The machine gun soundsSuena la ametralladora
And Franco goes for a walkY Franco se va a paseo
And Franco goes for a walkY Franco se va a paseo

With the four battalionsCon los cuatro batallones
That Madrid is defendingQue Madrid está defendiendo
The best of Spain is leavingSe va lo mejor de España
The reddest flower of the peopleLa flor más roja del pueblo

With the fifth, the fifth, the fifthCon el quinto, el quinto, el quinto
With the fifth regimentCon el quinto regimiento
Mother, I'm going to the frontMadre, yo me voy al frente
To the firing linesPara las líneas de fuego

Let's go commotion, commotionAnda jaleo, jaleo
The machine gun soundsSuena la ametralladora
And Franco goes for a walkY Franco se va a paseo
And Franco goes for a walkY Franco se va a paseo

Let's go commotion, commotionAnda jaleo, jaleo
The machine gun soundsSuena la ametralladora
And Franco goes for a walkY Franco se va a paseo
And Franco goes for a walkY Franco se va a paseo