2. _Veillons au Salut de l’Empire_, by Adolphe S. Boy (1791). Music by
Dalayra. Very strange that men whose whole purpose was to _destroy_ the
empire should go about singing “Let us guard it!”
3. _Ça Ira_, written to the tune of _Le Carillon National_, in 1789,
while preparations were being made for the _Fête de la Féderation_. It
was a great favorite with Marie Antoinette, who was for ever “strumming
the tune on her harpsichord.”
4. _Chant du Départ_, by Marie Joseph de Chénier (1794). Music by Méhul.
This was the most popular next to the _Marseillaise_.
5. _La Carmagnole._ “Madame Veto avait promis de faire égorger tout
Paris ...” (1792). Probably so called from Carmagnole, in Piedmont. The
burden of this dancing song is:
Danson la Carmagnole,
Vive le son! Vive le son!
Danson la Carmagnole,
Vive le son du canon!
6. _La Vengeur_, a spirited story, in verse, about a ship so called.
Lord Howe took six of the French ships, June 1, 1794; but _La Vengeur_
was sunk by the crew, that it might not fall into the hands of the
English, and went down while the crew shouted “Vive la République!” The
story bears a strong resemblance to that of “The Revenge,” Sir Richard
Grenville’s ship. See _ante_.
In the second Revolution we have:
1. _La Parisienne_, called “The _Marseillaise_ of 1830,” by Casimir
Delavigne, the same year.