Verse 1
Fidel And Che Guevara Lay In The Ship At Anchor In The Harbour
Waiting For The Evening Tide To Rise And Bring High Water.
Bound For Cuba She Must Go
Across The Gulf Of Mexico And The Caribbean Ocean
She’s Carrying A Human Cargo
Eighty Three Good Compañeros
Each One Burning With Determination To Be Free
Chorus 1
Against Batista,
The Fidelistas,
Courage Was Their Armour As They Fought At Fidel’s Side With Che Guevara.
Verse 2
Ten Days Out From Mexico These Compañeros
Landed On The Cuban Beach Los Colarados
Fidel Said This Year Will See
Our Country And Our People Free Or Else We Will Be Martyrs
We’ve Only Guns Enough For Twenty
The Enemy Has Arms A Plenty
Meet Him And Defeat Him And He’ll Keep Us Well Supplied
Chorus 1
Against Batista,
The Fidelistas,
Courage Was Their Armour As They Fought At Fidel’s Side With Che Guevara.
Verse 3
Five Weeks Later In The Canyon De La Rio
Fidel’s Army Had Been Reduced To Eighteen Compañeros
Hungry, Weak And Unafraid,
Learning Revolutions Trade In The High Sierra Maestre
Where The Mountain Winds Did Blow
Bearing Seeds To Sprout And Sow
Crops In Cuban Soil That Marked The Death Of Slavery
Chorus 2
On Compañeros,
To El Ulvero
Courage Was Their Armour As They Fought At Fidel’s Side With Che Guevara
Verse 4
They Fought Their Way Across The Peak Of El Torquino
Joined By Bands Of Volunteers And The Men From Santiago
They Faced Batista’s Tanks And Trains,
Drove Them Back Down To Plains, From The High Sierra Maestre
They Drove The Gangsters From Los Vios
Straight Across The Cordileros
Santa Barbra Fell To Che Guevara And Was Free.
Chorus 2
On Compañeros,
To El Ulvero
Courage Was Their Armour As They Fought At Fidel’s Side With Che Guevara
Verse 5
The Fire Lit On That Cuban Beach By Fidel Castro
Still Shines All The Way To Terra Del Fuego
Sparks Are Blown Upon The Breeze,
People Rise From Off Their Knees When They See The Night Is Burning.
It Blazes Up In Venezuela,
Bolivia And Guatamala
Lights The Road That We Must Go In Order To Be Free
Outro
On Compañeros
Americanos
Courage Was Their Armour As They Fought At Fidel’s Side With Che Guevara
Courage Was Their Armour As They Fought At Fidel’s Side With Che Guevara
