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England take on France at Wembley this evening, all decent minded human beings are being urged to sing La Marseillaise tonight.
Here are the words, belt them out loud! -Ed

La Marseillaise

Allons enfants de la Patrie (Arise, children of the Fatherland)

Le jour de gloire est arrivé! (The day of glory has arrived!)

Contre nous de la tyrannie (Against us tyranny's)

L'étendard sanglant est levé (Bloody banner is raised - repeat)

Entendez-vous dans les campagnes (Do you hear, in the countryside)

Mugir ces féroces soldats? (The roar of those ferocious soldiers?)

Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras (They're coming right into our arms)

Égorger nos fils, nos compagnes (To cut the throats of our sons, our women!)

Aux armes, citoyens (To arms, citizens)

Formez vos bataillons (Form your battalions)

Marchons, marchons! (Let's march, let's march!)

Qu'un sang impur! (Let an impure blood)

Abreuve nos sillons! Water our furrows! - repeat)

Que veut cette horde d'esclaves (What does this horde of slaves)

De traîtres, de rois conjurés (Of traitors and conspiratorial kings want?)

Pour qui ces ignobles entraves (For whom are these vile chains)

Ces fers dès longtemps préparés? (These long-prepared irons? - repeat)

Français, pour nous, ah! quel outrage (Frenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage)

Quels transports il doit exciter! (What fury it must arouse!)

C'est nous qu'on ose méditer (It is us they dare plan)

De rendre à l'antique esclavage! (To return to the old slavery!)

Aux armes, citoyens...(To arms, citizens...)

Quoi ! des cohortes étrangères (What! Foreign cohorts)

Feraient la loi dans nos foyers! (Would make the law in our homes!)

Quoi ! Ces phalanges mercenaires (What! These mercenary phalanxes)

Terrasseraient nos fiers guerriers (Would strike down our proud warriors! - repeat)