Vaincre ou mourir! fut le grand cri de guerre
Que nos aïeux ont cent fois répété . . .
Vaincre ou mourir! . . . Au sein de l’Angleterre
Qu’il retentisse! . . . il sera respecté!
Serrons nos rangs, etc., etc.
Later on, when the war feeling was at its height in Canada, and when hostilities were expected to break out between England and the United States on account of the Trent affair, he contributed to form a drill association, for the purpose of raising volunteer regiments, to assist the regulars in defending the country. One of the associations was called “Les Chasseurs de Québec,” and he wrote for them the following song, so far inedited:
Le Chant des Chasseurs.
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Entendez-vous ces cris de rage?
L’aigle du nord, vainqueur là-bas,