The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk,
Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk,
Is always read more

The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk,
Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk,
Is always happy, reign whoever may,
And laughs the sense of mis'ry far away.

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.

Gay, sprightly, land of mirth and social ease
Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please.

Gay, sprightly, land of mirth and social ease
Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please.

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and read more

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.

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!

Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.

Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.

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.]

One knows in France 685 different ways of preparing eggs.
[Fr., On connoit en France 685 manieres differentes d'accommoder read more

One knows in France 685 different ways of preparing eggs.
[Fr., On connoit en France 685 manieres differentes d'accommoder
les oeufs.]

France is an absolute monarchy, tempered by ballads.
[Fr., La France est une monarchie absolue, temperee par des
read more

France is an absolute monarchy, tempered by ballads.
[Fr., La France est une monarchie absolue, temperee par des
chansons.]