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For many reasons, therefore, it is highly meet and proper that I should consign it to the im-perishable tablet of these written memorials, and here then followeth the song of the lament-able death of the illustrious John Churchill, which did not then take place, by some mistake, but was nevertheless celebrated as follows:
" ' Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre—
Mironton, mironton, mirontaine !— Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre, Ne sais quand reviendra, Ne sais quand reviendra, Ne sais quand reviendra.
Chorus.—Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre—
Mironton, mironton, mirontaine!— Malbrougb s' en va-t-en guerre, Ne sais quand reviendra.5 "
Appended is the earlier translation, with its well-known English refrain:
" Marlbrook, tlie prince of commanders, Has gone to the war in Flanders. His fame is like Alexander's.
But when will he come home ?
But when will he come home?
But when will he come home?
Chorus.—He won't come home till morning, He won't come home till morning, He won't come home till morning, Till daylight doth appear." 43 |
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