– Partisans (6:24) –
(Pietro Cottone)
“Partisans” is a song which encourages to fight strongly against the oppression of man over man. This song is the story of the resistance to Nazi occupation by a group of partisans during a frigid winter in Ronco, a tiny northern Italy village located in a pre-alpine hill. The Nazis are occupying Ronco. During the occupation, villagers were killed and pillaged by the Nazis. A group of partisans, mostly Alpine mountaineers, resist into a farmhouse and fought for freedom until their last breath.
Lyrics:
Nazis occupy the village
Mountaineers get killed and pillaged
Partisans are barricaded and won’t desist
Inside a farmhouse, they are locked in
Guns in shaky hands they are keeping
Ready to defend their freedom and families
Snow is deep and nightfall’s coming
A frightened, freezing sentry’s watching
Tears of ice are falling down his bearded cheeks
Shooting starts and heartbeat rises
Fight or die, there are no excuses
An old man boosts his mates by shouting loud:
“Fight strong, until your time is up
Fight strong, until can’t breathe, until you cannot stand up
Fight strong, don’t bow your head down
Fight strong, until your lifeless body falls to the ground
Fight strong, until your time’s up
Fight strong, until your heart no longer will beat it up
Fight strong, until your life flies
Fight strong, until no longer can you open your eyes”
Nazis are progressing further
A hundred uniforms get closer
Partisans are on the edge of life and death
Dark is lightened by guns firing
Bloody, lifeless bodies falling
The old man keeps on boosting up his mates:
“Fight strong, until your time is up
Fight strong, until can’t breathe, until you cannot stand up
Fight strong, don’t bow your head down
Fight strong, until your lifeless body falls to the ground
Fight strong, until your time’s up
Fight strong, until your heart no longer will beat it up
Fight strong, until your life flies
Fight strong, until no longer can you open your eyes”
