France
"Le Chant des Girondins" ("The Song of Girondists")

Words by: Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
Music by: Alphonse Varney
In use: 1848-1852

The words for the verses of this anthem, used during the Second Republic, came from the drama "Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge" by the famous writer Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet. The lines of the refrain were borrowed from "Roland à Roncevaux", a song written in Strasbourg by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the author of "La Marseillaise".

Special thanks to: "Erwan" for the lyrics and some of this information, "Daniel" for the sheet music, and Pawel Ciupak for the MIDI.

See also: France (1815-1830), France (1830-48), France (1852-1870), France (1795-1799, 1870-).