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The Partisan

Song By Leonard Cohen

The Partisan is a song written by Leonard Cohen first appearing in the album "Songs From A Room" in 1969.

Leonard Norman Cohen (1934-2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, and novelist. Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s; he did not launch a music career until 1967, at the age of 33.

Leonard Cohen was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Westmount, Quebec, on September 21, 1934. His Lithuanian mother, Marsha Klonitsky was the daughter of a Talmudic writer, Rabbi Solomon Klonitsky-Kline, and emigrated to Canada in 1927. His paternal grandfather, whose family had moved from Poland to Canada, was Lyon Cohen, the founding president of the Canadian Jewish Congress. His father, Nathan Bernard Cohen, who owned a substantial clothing store, died when Cohen was nine years old. The family observed Orthodox Judaism, and belonged to Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, to which Cohen retained connections for the rest of his life.

His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974).


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The Partisan

The Partisan By Leonard Cohen

When they poured across the border
I was cautioned to surrender
This I could not do
I took my gun and vanished...

Full lyrics may be found here:

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/leonardcohen/thepartisan.html

https://genius.com/Leonard-cohen-the-partisan-lyrics

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Leonard-Cohen-Partisan-lyrics.html

http://www.songlyrics.com/leonard-cohen/the-partisan-lyrics/


The Partisan Song Video

The Partisan Song - Information Video
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen, Trouville-Sur-Mer (Normandy, France), 1988


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