The Downfall of Paris is in Thomas Hardy's collection too.

And it's got nothing whatever to do with Ca Ira. (I haven't ever learnt how to do cedillas on my Cs).

Actualy, is it necessarily anything to do with Paris the city? Could it just be about the Trojan Wars, where Paris was a rather prominent character (since he started it all by eloping with Helen). Can someone enlighten us on that point?

As for the Internationale - this page links to umpteen versions in 27 languages, lots of them Audio files.And the versions of the song it links to in English include Billy Bragg's, which is a good 'un. But it still sounds best in French, of the versions I've heard anyway.