Happy Birthday France! Vive La France!
Happy Birthday to the people of France!
More than a dozen years after the United States of America made its declaration of liberation from the tyranny of British rule, patriots in France stormed the Bastille, a prison, and thus began the French fight for liberty. July 14, 1789 was a monumental day in world history. It was the end of the French monarchy, and the beginning of the fight for liberty and equality in France.
We salute the citizens of France. 217 years old and lookin' pretty good!
LA MARSEILLAISEBon chance!
composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle in 1792 and was declared the French national anthem in 1795.
Allons enfants de la patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
Contre nous de la tyrannie
L'étendard sanglant est levé ! (bis)
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes,
Mugir ces féroces soldats ?
Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras
Égorger nos fils, nos compagnes !
Aux armes, citoyens !
Formez vos bataillons !
Marchons ! Marchons !
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons !
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