Tono: A
Introducción:
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When they poured a-cross the border
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I was cautioned to sur-render,
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this I could not do
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I took my gun and van-ished.
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I have changed my name so often,
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I've lost my wife and children
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but I have many fri-ends,
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and some of them are with me.
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An old woman gave us shelter,
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kept us hidden in the garret,
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then the soldiers came
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she died without a whis-per.
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There were three of us this morning Hier encor nous ?tions troi
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I'm the only one this evening Il ne reste plu que moi
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but I must go on Et je tourne en rond
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the fron-tiers are my pri-son. Dans la prison des frontieres
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Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing, La vent passe sur les tombles
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through the graves the wind is blowing, La libert? reviendra
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freedom soon will come Oh nous oubliera!
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then we'll come from the shad-ows. Nous retrerons dans l'ombre.
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Les Alle-mands ?-taient chez moi, [The Germans were at my home
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ons m'a dit: "Re-signe toi," They said, "Sign yourself,"
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mais je n'ai pas peur But I am not afraid
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j'ai repris mon ?r-me. I have retaken my weapon.
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J'ai chan-g? cent fois de nom, I have changed names a hundred times
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j'ai per-du femme et en-fants I have lost wife and children
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mais j'ai tant d'a-mis But I have so many friends
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j'ai la France en-ti?re. I have all of France
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Un vieil homme dans un gre-nier An old man, in an attic
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pour la nuit nous a ca-ch?s, Hid us for the night
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les Alle-mands l'ont prisent The Germans captured him
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il est mort sans surpri-se. He died without surprise.]
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Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
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through the graves the wind is blowing,
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freedom soon will come
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then we'll come from the shad-ows.
Improvements welcome! Adi.H *