Harking back to the seventeenth century and the exploits of Henri de la Tour D’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, “Les Dragons de Noailles (The Dragoons of Noailles)” records the triumphs of French cavalrymen during the Thirty Years’ War and later in the County Palatine of the Rhine, a part of the Holy Roman Empire. In the course of a long and distinguished military career Turenne was named Marshal of France, a title that would be revived under Napoleon. Raised as a Huguenot, Turenne never recanted his Protestant beliefs, despite which he served as a trusted commander under Cardinal Richelieu and became a model of the professional soldier of the period.
Les Dragons de Noailles
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Ils ont traversé le Rhin Refrain: Ils ont incendié Coblence Ils ont fait tous les chemins Ils ont pavoisé Paris, |
They have crossed the Rhine With Mister de Turenne To the sound of fifes and tambourines. They have crossed the Rhine.Chorus: Lon, lon, la Let them pass The French are in the Lorraine Lon, lon, la Let them pass; They have had enough hardship.They have burned Koblenz, The proud dragoons of Noailles, And plundered the Palatinate. They have burned Koblenz. [Chorus] They have trod every path They have decked Paris, |