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tionally since the days of Louis XIV., the founder of the convent. It was composed by Baptiste Lully, and at the convent it was the custom for all the girls to sing it in unison every time Louis XIV. visited the chapel It has also been sung on the occasion of a visit from Louis XVI. and his queen in 1779, and every one in the house was familiar with the song and the music. The ladies are quite certain that the melody is exactly the same as that which is called English. As to the words, they state that they have always been instructed that Madame de Brinon, a principal of the con-vent, wrote them, and that the poem dates from the time of Louis XIV. The text runs:
" Grand Dieu ! sauvez le Roy ! Grand Dieu! sairvez le Roy ! Vengez le Roy! Que toujours glorieux Louis Victorieux Voye ses ennemis Toujours soumis. Grand Dieu! sauvez le Roy ! Grand Dieu! sauvez le Roy! Vive le Roy!"
But this is a very old tale and very untrue. The melody of " God Save the King" I deal with in the last chapter. Lully's melody is not
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