Heard a very interesting talk by Terry Moylan (he of The Age of Revolution in the Irish Song Traditon) the other night. Based on the contents of a songbook called Paddy's Resource published by the United Irishmen in the period approx. 1790-1810. This included "The Carmagnoles", of which the final verse is:

Old church and king, in close embrace
The burdens of the human race
The people tell you to your face
That you will soon repent it;
For kings in power and preaching drones
The source of all our heavy groans
Down from your pulpits and your thrones
You'll tumble unlamented

Chorus
For was not I oft telling thee
The French could fight right heartily
The Carmagnoles have made you free
So now you may believe me.

Revived in recent years by a number of singers - including Mudcat's own Liberty Boy, who used a line of it as title of his last CD!

Regards

p.s. I'll see if I can find audio/video online.