| "A las barricadas" | ||
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| Published | Original music from "Warszawianka" composed in 1879. Lyrics written in 1936. |
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| Recorded | 1936 | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Length | 1:13 | |
| Writer | Valeriano Orobón Fernández | |
| Composer | Music composer unknown. | |
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A las barricadas
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"A Las Barricadas" (To The Barricades) was one of the most popular songs of the Spanish anarchists during the Spanish Civil War. "A las Barricadas" is sung to the tune of Warszawianka 1905. The lyrics were written by Valeriano Orobón Fernández in 1936.
"The Confederation" referred to in the final stanza is the anarcho-syndicalist CNT (Confederación Nacional del Trabajo - "National Confederation of Labor"), which at the time was the largest labour union and main anarchist organisation in Spain, and a major force opposing Francisco Franco's military coup against the Spanish Republic from 1936–1939.
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Negras tormentas agitan los aires El bien más preciado Alza la bandera revolucionaria ¡A las Barricadas! ¡A las Barricadas! |
Black storms shake the sky The most precious good Raise the revolutionary flag To the Barricades! To the Barricades! |
The third stanza is sometimes sung instead with the line "Alza la bandera revolucionaria, que del triunfo sin cesar nos lleva en pos" ("Raise the revolutionary flag, which is moving us forward with unstoppable triumph").
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