Ah yes, 14th July.

Maybe I'm just an old fart (all right! own up, who said "What do you mean 'maybe'"?), but every time I hear La Marseillaise (sp?), I always feel that I want to join in with the Vendeén version, it's almost the same as the 'standard' version except the last lines translates as:
"March, march,
"The blood of 'the blues'¹
"Shall redden our furrows"
Followed by a cry of "Vive Libertie, Vive La Vendeé"(and sometimes "A bas La Republique")

All right, I'll admit it - I'm a sad git.

Walrus

¹ 'The bules'- Republican troops (sent to crush the couter revolution in the Vendeé)
ps. Apologies for the excrable French.