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2005-07-07 Europe

Hands off our Marseillaise, say French politicians

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Posted by Seafarious 2005-07-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Maybe they should try listening to it more often...

Posted by Fred 2005-07-07 00:07|| 2005-07-07 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 dont speek frensh. donet know em goddam theeng itn sayin. mebbe sumone shuld cloo in em rest of us ignorant proles. :)

Posted by muck4doo 2005-07-07 00:10|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-07-07 00:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Marseillaise in English

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-07-07 00:24|| 2005-07-07 00:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Arise children of the fatherland
The day of glory has arrived
Against us tyranny's
Bloody standard is raised
Listen to the sound in the fields
The howling of these fearsome soldiers
They are coming into our midst
To cut the throats of your sons and consorts

To arms citizens Form your battalions
March, march
Let impure blood
Water our furrows

What do they want this horde of slaves
Of traitors and conspiratorial kings?
For whom these vile chains
These long-prepared irons?
Frenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage
What methods must be taken?
It is us they dare plan
To return to the old slavery!

What! These foreign cohorts!
They would make laws in our courts!
What! These mercenary phalanxes
Would cut down our warrior sons
Good Lord! By chained hands
Our brow would yield under the yoke
The vile despots would have themselves be
The masters of destiny

Tremble, tyrants and traitors
The shame of all good men
Tremble! Your parricidal schemes
Will receive their just reward
Against you we are all soldiers
If they fall, our young heros
France will bear new ones
Ready to join the fight against you

Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors
Bear or hold back your blows
Spare these sad victims
That they regret taking up arms against us
But not these bloody despots
These accomplices of BouillÃ©
All these tigers who pitilessly
Ripped out their mothers' wombs

We too shall enlist
When our elders' time has come
To add to the list of deeds
Inscribed upon their tombs
We are much less jealous of surviving them
Than of sharing their coffins
We shall have the sublime pride
Of avenging or joining them

Drive on sacred patriotism
Support our avenging arms
Liberty, cherished liberty
Join the struggle with your defenders
Under our flags, let victory
Hurry to your manly tone
So that in death your enemies
See your triumph and our glory!

Posted by Fred 2005-07-07 00:31|| 2005-07-07 00:31|| Front Page Top

#5 The howling of these fearsome soldiers
They are coming into our midst
To cut the throats of your sons and consorts

Is that the part the Algerians whistled at?

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-07-07 00:38|| 2005-07-07 00:38|| Front Page Top

#6 hmmm. dont looker like rasism to me to be onest. jus a litter nashenal pride. but mebbe thatn ofensive itself to em frensh now. nyoo sugeschen for frensh antheme:

Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedated
Just get me to the airport put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can't control my fingers I can't control my brain
Oh no no no no no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go....
Just put me in a wheelchair and put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can't control my fingers I can't control my brain
Oh no no no no no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-o I wanna be sedated
Just put me in a wheelchair get me to the show
Hurry hurry hurry before I gotta go
I can't control my fingers I can't control my toes
Oh no no no no no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go...
Just put me in a wheelchair...
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be sedated

comin thinkn it, thatn probly shuld be my antheme.

Posted by muck4doo 2005-07-07 00:48|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-07-07 00:48|| Front Page Top

#7 There are a few errors in the translation: the worst of them is
the howling of those fearsome soldiers
it is:
the howling of those ferocious soldiers

But I certainly see why both Islamists and eurocrats would dislike the part where it tells:
What! These foreign cohorts!
They would make laws in our courts!

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-07-07 01:54|| 2005-07-07 01:54|| Front Page Top

#8 French National Surrender Anthem

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Times is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tommorrow will be dying."

Posted by Red Dog 2005-07-07 01:59|| 2005-07-07 01:59|| Front Page Top

#9 HHHHHhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmm, A chanty popular but allegedly racist song from a French revolution whom legend states was started by poor Hungarian and Gypsy emigres to a'Paris!?

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2005-07-07 03:39|| n/a]">[n/a] 2005-07-07 03:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Thanks Mucky!

Now Im headed to sleep hearing the Ramones in my head.

...

DDT did a job on me
Now I am a real sickie
Guess I'll have to break the news
That I got no mind to lose
All the girls are in love with me
I'm a teenage lobotomy

Lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy!

That and BLitzkreig Bop

Hey, Ho, Lets GO!

(All revved up and ready to go)

Posted by OldSpook 2005-07-07 04:42|| 2005-07-07 04:42|| Front Page Top

#11 marseille

Posted by 2b 2005-07-07 08:17|| 2005-07-07 08:17|| Front Page Top

#12 oops...'La Marseillaise'

Posted by 2b 2005-07-07 08:19|| 2005-07-07 08:19|| Front Page Top

#13 Lyrics are so-so but it does have one hell of a beat, a fine anthem to riot to.

Posted by Shiipman 2005-07-07 09:10|| 2005-07-07 09:10|| Front Page Top

#14 Just watch yourself trying to sing it at Rick's. Some damn Eurocrat will order the place shut down.

Posted by Hupavising Slomosing7791 2005-07-07 09:22|| 2005-07-07 09:22|| Front Page Top

#15 I've always liked the tune. It is something a human being can sing. I certainly don't have the range to deal with "The Star Spangled Banner." (And my father-in-law tried to join in singing the anthem at a ball game one afternoon, and the fellow in front of him turned around and demanded "Are you some kind of Communist?")

Posted by James">James 2005-07-07 10:01|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2005-07-07 10:01|| Front Page Top

#16 Sounds like the Phrench need to start taking the words to heart. What! These foreign cohorts!
They would make laws in our courts!
Already happening. Both in France and the US. Damn SCOTUS.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-07 10:16|| 2005-07-07 10:16|| Front Page Top

#17 "Listen! Our national anthem, the Mayonaise! The troops must be dressing..."
-- Duck Soup

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-07-07 10:32|| 2005-07-07 10:32|| Front Page Top

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