First French Empire (1804–1814, 1815) 'Chanson de l'oignon'

The Song of the Onion is an anonymous French military song of the Revolution and the First Empire . It was one of the favorite tunes of the Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard .

The theme of this song is quoted, with the note, by the call of the horns in the opening of the opera of Etienne Nicolas Mehul "The hunt of the young Henri" created on May 1st 1797 room Favart in Paris . Due to the success and popularity of the Song of Onion in the early xix th century, it seems very likely that Mehul was the author.

Legend has it that the song was born shortly before the Battle of Marengo on June 14, 1800 . Bonaparte perceives grenadiers who vigorously rub a crust of bread. "What the hell are you doing on your bread? he asked them. - It's onion, General. - Ah! Okay, there's nothing better to walk briskly along the path of glory " .

The Foreign Legion keeps it in his repertoire.

[Sealimperialpictures]

France: i love onions
Austria: can i have some
France:no

[petararambasic]

an onion a day keeps the austrians away

[jacobbudd]

I now have "french onion march" in my search history and I am very proud.

[wigster]

>Be French
>Write a song literally about onions.

[taufikyogi]

'France sings about onions'
whole of europe: 'sweats nervously'

[TheHippoBLT]

Imagine getting killed by a 6 foot man with a pillow for a hat singing about onions.

feelsbadman

[medified]

The French never cried, they just got onions in their eyes

[yelocalwierdo]

German army: sings about tanks
English army: sings about ruling the waves
Soviet army: sings about victorg
French army: sings about liking onions

[vladherasymenko]

Austrian: *Being killed by a frenchman, singing about onions*

[andareas]

You know french are getting serious when they start singing about food...

[gothowloctavia]

The french military could sing about onions and make it sound glorious and intimidating in war, respect.

[ChadOccitan]

Virgin listening to rap VS Chad listening old military music about liking onions

[enzo]

Boys : Europe why are you trembling ?
Europe : be... because !!!!
French : i love onions
Europe :

[MarsTheFourthPlanet]

Imagine being a Austrian soldier who knows French then you hear this being sung at a French Camp.

[turkulerman]

as an Austrian I must say that after listening to this song all my onions vanished

[randomradek]

Only the frenchies can make a song about onion.

[bellatorfranconum]

When you crush the main prussian army with one corps

[jackmojang]

"What do you fight for?"

Germans: FUR ZE KAISER!
Russians: FOR DA MOTHERLAND!
Italians: FOR MY BROTHERS!
French: 𝓛 '𝓸𝓰𝓷𝓸𝓷

[FireeAtWill]

Songs nowadays: “I love you”

Songs back then: *“i love onions”*

[elsauce]

Fun fact: In Sweden we have a childrens song, often sung during Midsummer, called ”the small frogs” based on this tune