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 go home," "Ah, mes garçons," laughed the General,

Malbrouck s'en va-t-en guerre, Mais quand reviendra-t-il?"

and with their characteristic light-heartedness the men caught up the famous old air and the march was resumed without a murmur.

At least five different airs are sung in Canada, and in one the curious refrain "Spiritum sanctum tuum" is substituted for Mironton, mirontaine; while the most popular version has the chorus,

The air of Le pommier doux is familiar to French and English alike, and with its modern words and title of Vive la Canadienne has been very generally accepted as our national air. It is sung in Franche-Comté, but to an air different from ours, and lacking the verse Les feuilles en sont vertes, which is so decided an addition to our Canadian song.