Vaincre ou mourir! fut le grand cri de guerre
Que nos aïeux ont cent fois répété . . .
Vaincre ou mourir! . . . Au sein de l’Angleterre
Qu’il retentisse! . . . il sera respecté!
Serrons nos rangs, etc., etc.
Later on, when the war feeling was at its height in Canada, and when
hostilities were expected to break out between England and the United
States on account of the _Trent_ affair, he contributed to form a drill
association, for the purpose of raising volunteer regiments, to assist
the regulars in defending the country. One of the associations was
called “Les Chasseurs de Québec,” and he wrote for them the following
song, so far inedited: