Vive La France! La Gauloise: Aleister Crowley at the Clavier
Offramp
France!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl2_gATgT8s
At least I think it is him singing - the voice seems a bit deep; but
some people have different singing and speaking voices.
The recording puzzles me.
1. When was the recording made? Crowley wrote the poem in 1942.
2. When were the other Crowley recordings made? I have seen a date of
"1910-1914", which seems unlikely.
3. Is it Crowley singing?
4. Is it Crowley at the keyboard? It sounds to me like the singer is
also the piano player. I think he would have played some instrument,
but I can't remember ever having seen a mention of him playing one.
La Gauloise
(Song of the Free French)
par Aleister Crowley
Créateur du signe V
auteur de "Thumbs Up!"
14 Juillet 1942 e.v.
Prix: à volonté
140 Piccadilly, London, W.I.
Hommes de coeur, jamais battus,
Hommes d'honneur, rélévons-nous!
Trahis, meurtis, foulés par terre,
Bah! la première plaie de la guerre!
[Tenez] c'est l'aube de la gloire!
Brille, soleil de la victoire!
Tous, en avant! Bannière, avance!
Haut, ferme, fort! Vive la France!
Trâitres, à mort! Couards, à mort!
Au vent l'essor du tricolore!
Marchons (chargons, brisons, moulons)
A la revanche, au châtiment!
Balayons, au néant sans fin,
Les barbares, les assassins!
Tous, en avant! Bannière, avance!
Haut, ferme, fort! Vive la France!
Libres, égaux, frères français,
Vaincrons! Vaincrons à tout jamais!
Les foubrs lâches écrasons!
Exterminons le vil tyran!
Hommes de coeur, hommes de gloire,
Hommes d'honneur, à la victorie!
Tous, en avant! Bannière, avance!
Haut, ferme, fort! Vive la France!
La Gauloise
(Song of the Free French)
Men of courage, never beaten,
Men of honor, let us arise!
Betrayed, bruised, trod upon,
Bah! the first wounds of the war!
Beyond the dawn of glory!
Shine, O Sun of victory!
(refrain)
Forward all, Flag advance!
High, firm, strong. Long live France!
Death to Traitors! Death to Cowards!
Into the wind unfurl the tricolor!
Let us march (charge, break, grind to dust)
On to revenge, to punishment!
Let us sweep into the endless void
the barbarians, the assassins!
(refrain)
Free, equal, French brothers,
Wee will conquer, we will conquer for evermore!
Let us crush the craven knaves!
Let us exterminate the vile tyrant!
Men of courage, men of glory,
Men of honor, on to Victory!