Christy Moore - Companeros Lyrics
The good ship Granma lies at anchor in the harbourWaiting for the evening tide to rise and bring high water.Bound for Cuba she must go across the Gulf ofMexico and The Caribbean OceanShe's carrying a human cargo 83 good companerosEach one burning with determination to be freeChorusAgainst Batista, The Fidelistas, courage was their armour As they fought atFidel's side with Che Guevara.Five days out from Mexico these CompanerosLanded on the Cuban beach Los ColaradosFidel said this year will see our country and our people free Or else weWill be martyrsWe've only guns enough for 20 the enemy has arms a plentyMeet him and defeat him and he'll keep us well suppliedChorusFive weeks later in the Canyon De La RioFidels army was reduced to 18 CompanerosHungry, weak and unafraid, learning revolutions trade in the high SierraMaestreWhere the mountain winds did blow bearing seeds to sprout and sowNew crops in Cuban soil that marked the death of slaveryChorusCompaneros, tu valaderos (Please correct if wrong - cm)Courage was their armour as they fought at Fidel's side with Che GuevaraThey made their way across the peak of El TorquinoJoined by bands of volunteers and the men from SantiagoThey faced Batista's tanks and trains, drove them back across the plains,From the high Sierra MaestreThey drove the gangsters from Los Vios straight across the CordilerosSanta Barbra fell to Che Guevara and was free.The fire lit on that Cuban beach by Fidel CastroStill shines all the way to Terra del FuegoSparks are blown upon the breeze, people rise from off their knees whenThey see the night is burning.It blazes up in Venezuela, Bolivia and GuatamalaLights the road that we must go in order to be free
