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'''VIVE LA! (THE FRENCH ARE COMING).''' Irish, March (2/4 time, "with spirit"). D Major (Roche): C Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AAB (Roche). The tune is a march version of the air usually known as "[[Loch Erroch Side]]," "[[I'm O'er Young to Marry Yet (3)]]," "[[Over the Hills to Glory]]," "[[Lass o' Gowrie (1) (The)]]," or "[[Lakes of Sligo (The)]]." The title refers to the hoped-for intervention of French troops on the side of the Irish in the rebellion of 1798. | '''VIVE LA! (THE FRENCH ARE COMING).''' Irish, March (2/4 time, "with spirit"). D Major (Roche): C Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AAB (Roche). The tune is a march version of the air usually known as "[[Loch Erroch Side]]," "[[I'm O'er Young to Marry Yet (3)]]," "[[Over the Hills to Glory]]," "[[Lass o' Gowrie (1) (The)]]," or "[[Lakes of Sligo (The)]]." The title refers to the hoped-for intervention of French troops on the side of the Irish in the rebellion of 1798. | ||
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''Vive la! they're all in view;''<br> | |||
''Vive la! the Saxon's running--''<br> | |||
''What shall our poor yeomen do?''<br> | |||
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VIVE LA! (THE FRENCH ARE COMING). Irish, March (2/4 time, "with spirit"). D Major (Roche): C Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AAB (Roche). The tune is a march version of the air usually known as "Loch Erroch Side," "I'm O'er Young to Marry Yet (3)," "Over the Hills to Glory," "Lass o' Gowrie (1) (The)," or "Lakes of Sligo (The)." The title refers to the hoped-for intervention of French troops on the side of the Irish in the rebellion of 1798.
Vive la! the French are coming!
Vive la! they're all in view;
Vive la! the Saxon's running--
What shall our poor yeomen do?
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 996, p. 254. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 3), 1927; No. 46, p. 13.
Recorded sources:
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