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The Partisan

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The Partisan was released on April 1, 1969 by Columbia Nashville as a part of the album Songs from a Room

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OVERVIEW

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Leonard Cohen

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Anna Marly

Songwriter

Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie

Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie

Songwriter

Hy Zaret

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Bob Johnston

Producer

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

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

Written by: Anna Betoulinsky, Emmanuel Raoul Maurice d'Astier de la Vigerie, Hy Zaret

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