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Thread #39712   Message #2788955
Posted By: GUEST,Songbob
15-Dec-09 - 01:45 PM
Thread Name: History and background of a French song
Subject: RE: History and background of a French song
"31st of August 1800"

And still, "To the health of the King of France"?

Sounds like perhaps an earlier song got appropriated for this one, or "A la santé du Roi de France" is more fun to sing than "Hurrah for First Consul Bonaparte," though I would have thought that was easy enough to sing, too.

Bob