« Friend, do you hear the black flight of crows on our plains. Friend, do you hear the muffled cries of the country we are chaining? ”. These words, written by Joseph Kessel and his nephew Maurice Druon in 1943, are taken from « Chant des partisans ». Much more than a fight song, it is a hymn of the French Resistance.
This resilience, each of us is showing it today in the face of the global health crisis. This is the reason why the lyric trio Les Stentors wanted to give an echo to this song accompanied by « In this tormented period, We, The Stentors, wanted to sing collegially in unison, this song of gathering thinking about you. »
Set to music by singer and songwriter Anna Marly during the Second World War, the melody of this committed message inspired by a popular Russian air was first whistled in the maquis in recognition. So « Sing, companions, in the night freedom listens to us ». But, for her to smile at us again, we have to respect her.
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