"Chanson de l'Oignon" - French Marching Song

The Chanson de l'Oignon ("Song of the Onion") is a French marching song from around 1800 but the melody can be found earlier in Étienne Méhul’s overture to La chasse de Jeune Henri in 1797. According to legend, it originated among the Old Guard Grenadiers of Napoleon Bonaparte's Consular Guard. Before the Battle of Marengo, Bonaparte found some grenadiers rubbing an onion on their bread. "Very good," he said, "there is nothing better than an onion for marching on the road to glory." Media Featured: Waterloo (1970) Austerlitz (1960) Napoléon (2002) Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987) #french #france #napoleon #napoleonicwars #patrioticsongs #marchingsong #patrioticsongs #history #historyedit