Jarama Valley (song) - Three-verse Versions: Jarama Valley / El Valle Del Jarama

Three-verse Versions: Jarama Valley / El Valle Del Jarama

This shorter (three-verse) version of the song—with variant versions, are something of an anthem for veterans, particularly those from the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger have recorded it. In addition to this version, other Spanish variants exist.

Jarama Valley

There's a valley in Spain called Jarama
It's a place that we all know so well
It was there that we gave of our manhood
And so many of our brave comrades fell.

We are proud of the Lincoln Battalion
And the fight for Madrid that it made
There we fought like true sons of the people
As part of the Fifteenth Brigade.

Now we're far from that valley of sorrow
But its memory we ne'er will forget
So before we conclude this reunion
Let us stand to our glorious dead.

El Valle del Jarama

Hay un valle en España llamado Jarama
un lugar que conocemos muy bien,
allí es donde dimos nuestro valor
y donde muchos de nuestros valientes camaradas cayeron.

Estamos orgullosos del Batallón Lincoln
y de la lucha por Madrid que hicieron
lucharon como verdaderos hijos del pueblo
como parte de la Quince Brigada.

Ahora estamos lejos de ese valle del dolor
pero su memoria nunca la olvidaremos
Así que antes de que concluya esta reunión
Pongámonos en pie por nuestros gloriosos muertos.

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