The Partisan

Lyrics

When they poured across the border
 I was cautioned to surrender
 This, I could not do
 I took my gun and vanished
 ♪
 I have changed my name so often
 I've lost my wife and children
 But I have many friends
 And some of them are with me
 ♪
 An old woman gave us shelter
 Kept us hidden in the garret
 Then the soldiers came
 She died without a whisper
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 There were three of us this morning
 I am the only one this evening
 But I must go on
 The frontiers are my prison
 ♪
 Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing
 Through the graves, the wind is blowing
 Freedom soon will come
 Then we'll come from the shadows
 ♪
 Les Allemands étaient chez moi
 Ils me dirent "résigne-toi"
 Mais je n'ai pas peur
 J'ai repris mon arme
 ♪
 J'ai changé cent fois de nom
 J'ai perdu femme et enfants
 Mais j'ai tant d'amis
 J'ai la France entière
 Un vieil homme, dans un grenier
 Pour la nuit, nous a cachés
 Les Allemands l'ont pris
 Il est mort sans surprise
 ♪
 Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing
 Through the graves the wind is blowing
 Freedom soon will come
 Then we'll come from the shadows
 

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Song Details

Duration
03:23
Key
7
Tempo
176 BPM

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