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Have the French for friends, but not for neighbors.
Have the French for friends, but not for neighbors.
It is the fortune of France.
[Fr., C'est la fortune de France.]
It is the fortune of France.
[Fr., C'est la fortune de France.]
Ye sons of France, awake to glory!
Hark! Hark! what myriads bid you rise!
Your children, wives, read more
Ye sons of France, awake to glory!
Hark! Hark! what myriads bid you rise!
Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary,
Behold their tears and hear their cries!
Adieu, delightful land of France! O my country so dear, which
nourished my infancy!
[Fr., Adieu, plaisant pays read more
Adieu, delightful land of France! O my country so dear, which
nourished my infancy!
[Fr., Adieu, plaisant pays de France!
O, ma patrie
La plus cherie,
Qui a nourrie ma jeune enfance!
Adieu, France--adieu, mes beaux jours.]
A nation of monkeys with the throat of parrots.
[Fr., Une natione de singes a larynx de parroquets.]
A nation of monkeys with the throat of parrots.
[Fr., Une natione de singes a larynx de parroquets.]
Yet, who can help loving the land that has taught us
Six hundred and eighty-five ways to dress eggs?
Yet, who can help loving the land that has taught us
Six hundred and eighty-five ways to dress eggs?
I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me.
I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me.
The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.
The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.
I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden
shoes.
I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden
shoes.