Evening Standard | La Marseillaise lyrics: the meaning and translation of the French national anthem Evening Standard The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, was penned by army engineer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle during the French revolutionary wars in 1792. It was originally written as a marching song and the lyrics can only be described as bloodthirsty. |
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