It used to bother me that Ron pronounces Bilbao wrong in this song. It's not "Bill-bay-oh" but actually pronounced "Bill-bow" (as in take a "bow" before the audience / not "bow" as wrapping a package). Anyhow, since the volunteer soldier in this song might be from Lindsay Ontario, it could be argued that he didn't know how to pronounced it neither.
Also FYI: The Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion or Mac-Paps were a battalion of Canadians who fought as part of the XV International Brigade on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. Except for France, no other country gave a greater proportion of its population as volunteers in Spain than Canada.
Also FYI: The Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion or Mac-Paps were a battalion of Canadians who fought as part of the XV International Brigade on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. Except for France, no other country gave a greater proportion of its population as volunteers in Spain than Canada.
It used to bother me that Ron pronounces Bilbao wrong in this song. It's not "Bill-bay-oh" but actually pronounced "Bill-bow" (as in take a "bow" before the audience / not "bow" as wrapping a package). Anyhow, since the volunteer soldier in this song might be from Lindsay Ontario, it could be argued that he didn't know how to pronounced it neither.
Also FYI: The Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion or Mac-Paps were a battalion of Canadians who fought as part of the XV International Brigade on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. Except for France, no other country gave a greater proportion of its population as volunteers in Spain than Canada.
Also FYI: The Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion or Mac-Paps were a battalion of Canadians who fought as part of the XV International Brigade on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. Except for France, no other country gave a greater proportion of its population as volunteers in Spain than Canada.