La Gauloise

Song of the Free French

 

 

The text is in French and was put to music by Roy Leffingwell and it was arranged to have a French baritone record it. The song was later retitled L'Etincelle (The Spark) and played on the BBC on 10 December 1942.

 

Published Date:

14 July 1942.

Publisher:

Privately published by the author.

Printer:

  

Published At:

140 Piccadilly, London.

Pages:

4 pages.

Price:

 

Edition:

1,000 copies printed on both sides of a single 8 1/2" x 6" sheet of paper and folded once to make four pages.

 

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Contents

 

- La Gauloise

 

The text translated into English is as follows:

 

          Men of courage, never beaten,

          Men of honor, let us arise!

     Betrayed, bruised, trod upon,

     Bah! the first wounds of the war!

          Beyond the dawn of glory!

          Shine, O Sun of victory!

 

               (refrain)

               Forward all, Flag advance!

               High, firm, strong. Long live France!

 

          Death to Traitors! Death to Cowards!

          Into the wind unfurl the tricolor!

     Let us march (charge, break, grind to dust)

     On to revenge, to punishment!

          Let us sweep into the endless void

          The barbarians, the assassins!

 

               (refrain)

 

          Free, equal, French brothers,

          We will conquer, we will conquer for evermore!

     Let us crush the craven knaves!

     Let us exterminate the vile tyrant!

          Men of courage, men of glory,

          Men of honor, on to Victory!

 

               (refrain)

 

 

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