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Title: La Marseillaise [Marseillaise]. Performer: New York Military Band. Issue Number Label: 2439: Edison Blue Amberol. Issue Number/Label: 1145: Edison Amberol. Year of Release: [1914]. Audio: Stream cylinder 0470.
Note: Reissue of Edison 4-minute Amberol 1145. Note: Edison Blue Amberol: 2439. Note: Year of release from "The Edison Phonograph Monthly," v.12 (1914). Collection Name: Blanche Browning Rich collection.
 Rouget de Lisle singing the Marseillaise | Composer/Performer: Rouget de Lisle, Claude Joseph, 1760-1836. Composer, Performer: New York Military Band. Subject: National songs--France. Subject: Band music. Item Location: Special Coll., Performing Arts - Cylinder 0470 (Copy 1) (Take 1). Item Location: Special Coll., Performing Arts - Cylinder 0471 (Copy 2) (Take 2) |
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Lyrics: French and English
| Allons enfants de la Patrie, | Come, children of the Fatherland, |
| Le jour de gloire est arrivé ! | The day of glory has arrived! |
| Contre nous de la tyrannie, | Against us tyranny's |
| L'étendard sanglant est levé, (bis) | bloodied banner is raised, (repeat) |
| Entendez-vous dans les campagnes | Do you hear in the countryside |
| Mugir ces féroces soldats ? | The roar of those ferocious soldiers? |
| Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras | They come right here into your midst |
| Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes ! | To slit the throats of your sons and wives! |
| Aux armes, citoyens, | To arms, citizens, |
| Formez vos bataillons, | Form your battalions, |
| Marchons, marchons ! | Let's march, let's march! |
| Qu'un sang impur | May a tainted blood |
| Abreuve nos sillons ! | Drench our furrows! |
| Que veut cette horde d'esclaves, | What does this horde of slaves, |
| De traîtres, de rois conjurés ? | Of traitors and conspiring kings want? |
| Pour qui ces ignobles entraves, | For whom are these vile chains, |
| Ces fers dès longtemps préparés ? (bis) | These long-prepared irons? (repeat) |
| Français, pour nous, ah ! quel outrage | Frenchmen, for us, ah! What an insult |
| Quels transports il doit exciter ! | What fury it must arouse! |
| C'est nous qu'on ose méditer | It is we whom they dare plan |
| De rendre à l'antique esclavage ! | To return to the old slavery! |
| Aux armes, citoyens... | To arms, citizens... |
| Quoi ! des cohortes étrangères | What! Foreign cohorts |
| Feraient la loi dans nos foyers ! | Would rule our homes! |
| Quoi ! ces phalanges mercenaires | What! These mercenary phalanxes |
| Terrasseraient nos fiers guerriers ! (bis) | Would cut down our proud warriors! (repeat) |
| Grand Dieu ! par des mains enchaînées | Great God ! By chained hands |
| Nos fronts sous le joug se ploieraient | Our heads would bow under the yoke |
| De vils despotes deviendraient | Vile despots would become |
| Les maîtres de nos destinées ! | The masters of our destinies! |
| Aux armes, citoyens... | To arms, citizens... |
| Tremblez, tyrans et vous perfides | Tremble, tyrants and traitors |
| L'opprobre de tous les partis, | The shame of all good men, |
| Tremblez ! vos projets parricides | Tremble! Your parricidal schemes |
| Vont enfin recevoir leurs prix ! (bis) | Will finally receive their just reward! (repeat) |
| Tout est soldat pour vous combattre, | Against you, we are all soldiers, |
| S'ils tombent, nos jeunes héros, | If our young heroes fall, |
| La terre en produit de nouveaux, | The earth will bear new ones, |
| Contre vous tout prêts à se battre ! | Ready to join the fight against you! |
| Aux armes, citoyens... | To arms, citizens... |
| Français, en guerriers magnanimes, | Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors, |
| Portez ou retenez vos coups ! | Bear or hold back your blows! |
| Épargnez ces tristes victimes, | Spare these sorry victims, |
| À regret s'armant contre nous. (bis) | Armed against us against their will. (repeat) |
| Mais ces despotes sanguinaires, | But not these blood-thirsty despots, |
| Mais ces complices de Bouillé, | These accomplices of Bouillé. |
| Tous ces tigres qui, sans pitié, | All these tigers who mercilessly |
| Déchirent le sein de leur mère ! | Slash their mother's breast! |
| Aux armes, citoyens... | To arms, citizens... |
| Amour sacré de la Patrie, | Sacred patriotic love, |
| Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs | Lead and support our avenging arms |
| Liberté, Liberté chérie, | Liberty, cherished liberty, |
| Combats avec tes défenseurs ! (bis) | Fight back with your defenders! (repeat) |
| Sous nos drapeaux que la victoire | Under our flags, let victory |
| Accoure à tes mâles accents, | Hurry to your manly tone, |
| Que tes ennemis expirants | So that your dying enemies, |
| Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire ! | See your triumph and our glory! |
| Aux armes, citoyens... | To arms, citizens... |
| (Couplet des enfants) | (Children's Verse) |
| Nous entrerons dans la carrière | We shall enter the (military) career |
| Quand nos aînés n'y seront plus, | When our elders are no longer there, |
| Nous y trouverons leur poussière | There we shall find their dust |
| Et la trace de leurs vertus (bis) | And the mark of their virtues (repeat) |
| Bien moins jaloux de leur survivre | Much less jealous to survive them |
| Que de partager leur cercueil, | Than to share their coffins, |
| Nous aurons le sublime orgueil | We shall have the sublime pride |
| De les venger ou de les suivre | Of avenging or following them |
| Aux armes, citoyens... | To arms, citizens... |
Artist/Composer: University of California, Santa Barbara
Keywords: France; Edison; La Marseillaise; National anthem
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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