The Partisan

(Music: Anna Marly, French text: Bernard, English text: Hy Saret)

I	When they poured across the border I was cautioned to surrender, this I could not do; I took my gun and vanished.
II	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.
III	An old woman gave us shelter, kept us hidden in the garret, then the soldiers came; she died without a whisper.
IV	There were three of us this morning, I'm the only one this evening, but I must go on; the frontiers are my prison.
V	The wind, the wind is blowing, through the graves the wind is blowing, freedom soon will come; then we'll come from the shadows.
VI	Les Allemands etaient chez moi, ils me disent resigne-toi, mais je n'ai pas peur; j'ai repris mon âme.
VII	J'ai change cent fois de nom, j'ai perdu femme et enfant, mais j'ai tants d'amis; j'ai la France entiere.
VIII	Un vieux homme dans un grenier pour la nuit nous a cache, les Allemands l'ont prisent; il est mort sans surprise.
IX	The wind, the wind is blowing, through the graves the wind is blowing, freedom soon will come; then we'll come from the shadows.