the partisan

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  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'm 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 e'taient chez moi,
  ils me dirent, "signe toi,"
  mais je n'ai pas peur;
  j'ai repris mon arme.
  j'ai change' cent fois de nom,
  j'ai perdu femme et enfants
  mais j'ai tant d'amis;
  j'ai la france entie`re.
  un vieil homme dans un grenier
  pour la nuit nous a cache',
  les allemands l'ont pris;
  il est mort sans surprise.
  
  [the germans were at my home
  they said, "sign yourself,"
  but i am not afraid
  i have retaken my weapon.
  i have changed names a hundred times
  i have lost wife and children
  but i have so many friends
  i have all of france
  an old man, in an attic
  hid us for the night
  the germans captured him
  he died without 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.