Name: Le Chant du Départ
Duration: P00H02M48S
Description: The arrangements and lyrics of the revolutionary and war song written by Étienne Méhul (music) and Marie-Joseph Chénier (words) in 1794. It was the official anthem of the French Empire.

Le Chant du Départ

from Les Chants de la Guerre by 1812

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The arrangements and lyrics of the revolutionary and war song written by Étienne Méhul (music) and Marie-Joseph Chénier (words) in 1794. It was the official anthem of the French Empire.

lyrics

La victoire en chantant nous ouvre la barrière.
La Liberté guide nos pas.
Et du nord au midi, la trompette guerrière
A sonné l’heure des combats.
Tremblez, ennemis de la France,
Rois ivres de sang et d’orgueil!
Le Peuple souverain s’avance;
Tyrans descendez au cercueil.

Refrain

La République nous appelle
Sachons vaincre ou sachons périr
Un Français doit vivre pour elle
Pour elle un Français doit mourir.

Sur le fer devant Dieu, nous jurons à nos pères,
À nos épouses, à nos sœurs,
À nos représentants, à nos fils, à nos mères,
D’anéantir les oppresseurs:
En tous lieux, dans la nuit profonde,
Plongeant l’infâme royauté,
Les Français donneront au monde
Et la paix et la liberté.

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from Les Chants de la Guerre, released June 24, 2022

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The project is dedicated to the War of 1812. Authentic lyrics, cover versions of military songs and marches of those times and author's material.

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