25. And the Marseillaise is one glorious war whoop to fight for for liberty
Edited on Sun Nov-16-03 09:48 PM by Vitruvius
& equality -- full of revolutionary fire from beginning to end.
To hear it is to want to go out & bayonet a royalist -- or their BFEE/Rethugnican equivalent.
The nearest American equivalent is the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Which is far, far better than "the Star Spangled Banner".
P.S: The Marseillaise recording linked to in the Original Message sounds like it was sung by none other than Mireille Mathieu "la demoiselle d'Avignon" -- it is stunning & absolutely worth a listen.
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