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"Medieval" version : www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfBqla…
Military version : www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgxSgS…

Réveillez-vous Picards, - Wake ye Picards,
Picards et Bourguignons, - Picards and Burgundians,
Apprenez la manière d'avoir de bons bâtons, - Come to learn the way to geat good clubs,
Car voici le printemps et aussi la saison, - For here comes the spring and the season,
Pour aller à la guerre donner des horions. - When we'll go to warn some good blows for to give.

Tel parle de la guerre, - Some talk about war,
Mais ne sait pas que c'est, - Not knowing what it is,
Je vous jure mon âme que c'est un piteux fait, - I can tell my soul, it's a pitiful thing
Et que maints hommes d'armes et gentils compagnons, - And many a man-at-war and many a gentle companion
Y ont perdu la vie, et robe et chaperon. - Lost life, and dress and hood in it.

Où est ce duc d'Autriche ? - Where's this duke of Austria ?
Il est en Pays-Bas, - He's in the Low Countries (Belgium, Nederland, Nord-Pas-de-Calais)
Il est en Basse Flandre avec ses Picards, - He is in the Low Flanders with his Picards
Qui nuit et jour le prient qu'il les veuille mener, - Night and day, they beg him to lead them
En la Haute Bourgogne pour la lui conquester. - In High Burgundy to conquer it for him.

Quand serons en Bourgogne, - When in Burgundy we are,
Et en Franche-Comté, - and in the Franche-Comté
Ce sera qui-qu'en-grogne le temps de festoyer, - It will be time to mahe a feast,
Bouterons le Roy de France dehors de ces costeaux, - We'll chase the King of France out of these hills
Et mettrons en nos panses le vin de leurs tonneaux. - And fill our bellies with wine of our barrels.

Adieu, adieu, Salins, - Farewell farwell Salins,
Salins et Besançon, - Salins and Besançon
Et la ville de Beaulne là où les bons vins sont, - And you city of Beaune, where the good wines are.
Les Picards les ont bu, les Flamands les paieront, - The Picards drank them, the Flemish will pay them:
Quatre pastards la pinte ou bien battus seront. - Four pastards a pint, or beaten they will be.

Nous lansquenets et reîtres, - We landsknechts and reiters,
Et soudards si marchons, - and soldiers if we walk,
Sans finir de connaître où nous arriverons, - Endlessly, not knowing where we aim,
Aidons Dame Fortune et destin que suivons, - Let's help Lady Fortuna and the destiny,
À prêter longue vie aux soldats Bourguignons. - To grant a long life to Burgundian road-men.

Quand mourrons de malheur, - When unluckily we die,
La haquebute au poing, - With our hand-gun in our fist,
Que Duc nostre Seigneur digne tombeau nous doint, - May the Duke, our Lord, give us a worthy tomb,
Et que dedans la terre où tous nous en irons, - And in the ground, where we'll all go,
Fasse le repos guère aux braves Bourguignons. - May war let the bold Burgundians rest

Et quand viendra le temps, - And when the time has come,
Où trompes sonneront, - Where the trumpets will blow,
Au dernier Alahau, quand nos tambours batteront, - On judgement day, when our drums beat,
Nous lèveront bannières au Duc bourguignon, - We'll rise our banner to the Burgundian Duke,
Pour aller à la guerre donner des horions. - And go to war again, some blows for to give

Here is the great anthem of Picardy, a former war song of the Bandes Picardes, one of the greatest infantry regiment of the former Duke of Burgundy first, and of the Kingdom of France when the King buy back Picardy.
Even if it's a pro-Burgundian song, the King of France never even try to remove these lyrics, due to the renown of this regiment.

I upload this song nowaday because it's also a "coup de gueule" (a rant), our regional politicians want to remove Picardy of the name of the new region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy. Instead of giving us an historical name (Flandres Artois Picardie or Pays-Bas-Picardie), they want to give us a stupid name : "Hauts de France".
Litt : At the top of France. Yeah, not High France, we don't have mountains, we are a Low Countries, they want to call us Hauts de France because ... we're at the top of the map of France.

A lot of Picards & Flemish are against this new name (71% in a poll today; they prefer to keep Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie as the official name), but they still claim it was a democratic choice ...

So wake up Picards & Flemish, let's king these French kinglets out of our hills (yeah Xavier Bertrand, our regional president, isn't even from the region and he claim to change our name).

Meaning of the flag :

This is the traditionnal flag of Picardy a french nothern province.
It was designed for the "Nation Picarde" in the University of Paris to represent
all picard-speaking area.

The fleur-de-lys were acorded to picards in 1369, with the motto "fidelissima".
The lions were chosen to represents Flanders, Hainaut, Brabant, Namur, Limburg,
Luxemburg, Guelders & Frisia, wich students were parts of the "nation picarde"
in the University of Paris.
(At first there were 8 lions)
It's represent also that Picardy is a border's province, and that French Low Countries
(Flandre, Artois, Hainaut) is picard-speaking.

~*~

Voici le drapeau traditionnel de la Picardie, région septentrionale de France.
Il fut désigné pour la "Nation Picarde" de l'Université de Paris, afin de représenter
l'ensemble des régions picardophones (y compris celles du Nord-Pas-de-Calais).

Les fleurs-de-lys furent accordés aux picards en 1369, avec la devise "fidelissima",
car les picards prirent le parti de la France, contre celui des Anglo-angevins.
Les lions furent choisis plus tard pour représenter les provinces de Flandre, du Hainaut,
de Brabant, de Namur, du Limbourg, du Luxembourg, de Gueldre et de Frise, car les
étudiants de ces régions étaient affectés à la "Nation Picarde" de l'Université de Paris.
(Initialement il y avait d'ailleurs 8 lions)

Cela représente également le fait que la Picardie est une région frontalière
(jusqu'à l'annexion du Nord) et que les Pays-Bas français (Flandre, Artois, Hainaut)
sont picardophones.

Description
"Medieval" version : www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfBqla…
Military version : www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgxSgS…

Réveillez-vous Picards, - Wake ye Picards,
Picards et Bourguignons, - Picards and Burgundians,
Apprenez la manière d'avoir de bons bâtons, - Come to learn the way to geat good clubs,
Car voici le printemps et aussi la saison, - For here comes the spring and the season,
Pour aller à la guerre donner des horions. - When we'll go to warn some good blows for to give.

Tel parle de la guerre, - Some talk about war,
Mais ne sait pas que c'est, - Not knowing what it is,
Je vous jure mon âme que c'est un piteux fait, - I can tell my soul, it's a pitiful thing
Et que maints hommes d'armes et gentils compagnons, - And many a man-at-war and many a gentle companion
Y ont perdu la vie, et robe et chaperon. - Lost life, and dress and hood in it.

Où est ce duc d'Autriche ? - Where's this duke of Austria ?
Il est en Pays-Bas, - He's in the Low Countries (Belgium, Nederland, Nord-Pas-de-Calais)
Il est en Basse Flandre avec ses Picards, - He is in the Low Flanders with his Picards
Qui nuit et jour le prient qu'il les veuille mener, - Night and day, they beg him to lead them
En la Haute Bourgogne pour la lui conquester. - In High Burgundy to conquer it for him.

Quand serons en Bourgogne, - When in Burgundy we are,
Et en Franche-Comté, - and in the Franche-Comté
Ce sera qui-qu'en-grogne le temps de festoyer, - It will be time to mahe a feast,
Bouterons le Roy de France dehors de ces costeaux, - We'll chase the King of France out of these hills
Et mettrons en nos panses le vin de leurs tonneaux. - And fill our bellies with wine of our barrels.

Adieu, adieu, Salins, - Farewell farwell Salins,
Salins et Besançon, - Salins and Besançon
Et la ville de Beaulne là où les bons vins sont, - And you city of Beaune, where the good wines are.
Les Picards les ont bu, les Flamands les paieront, - The Picards drank them, the Flemish will pay them:
Quatre pastards la pinte ou bien battus seront. - Four pastards a pint, or beaten they will be.

Nous lansquenets et reîtres, - We landsknechts and reiters,
Et soudards si marchons, - and soldiers if we walk,
Sans finir de connaître où nous arriverons, - Endlessly, not knowing where we aim,
Aidons Dame Fortune et destin que suivons, - Let's help Lady Fortuna and the destiny,
À prêter longue vie aux soldats Bourguignons. - To grant a long life to Burgundian road-men.

Quand mourrons de malheur, - When unluckily we die,
La haquebute au poing, - With our hand-gun in our fist,
Que Duc nostre Seigneur digne tombeau nous doint, - May the Duke, our Lord, give us a worthy tomb,
Et que dedans la terre où tous nous en irons, - And in the ground, where we'll all go,
Fasse le repos guère aux braves Bourguignons. - May war let the bold Burgundians rest

Et quand viendra le temps, - And when the time has come,
Où trompes sonneront, - Where the trumpets will blow,
Au dernier Alahau, quand nos tambours batteront, - On judgement day, when our drums beat,
Nous lèveront bannières au Duc bourguignon, - We'll rise our banner to the Burgundian Duke,
Pour aller à la guerre donner des horions. - And go to war again, some blows for to give

Here is the great anthem of Picardy, a former war song of the Bandes Picardes, one of the greatest infantry regiment of the former Duke of Burgundy first, and of the Kingdom of France when the King buy back Picardy.
Even if it's a pro-Burgundian song, the King of France never even try to remove these lyrics, due to the renown of this regiment.

I upload this song nowaday because it's also a "coup de gueule" (a rant), our regional politicians want to remove Picardy of the name of the new region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy. Instead of giving us an historical name (Flandres Artois Picardie or Pays-Bas-Picardie), they want to give us a stupid name : "Hauts de France".
Litt : At the top of France. Yeah, not High France, we don't have mountains, we are a Low Countries, they want to call us Hauts de France because ... we're at the top of the map of France.

A lot of Picards & Flemish are against this new name (71% in a poll today; they prefer to keep Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie as the official name), but they still claim it was a democratic choice ...

So wake up Picards & Flemish, let's king these French kinglets out of our hills (yeah Xavier Bertrand, our regional president, isn't even from the region and he claim to change our name).

Meaning of the flag :

This is the traditionnal flag of Picardy a french nothern province.
It was designed for the "Nation Picarde" in the University of Paris to represent
all picard-speaking area.

The fleur-de-lys were acorded to picards in 1369, with the motto "fidelissima".
The lions were chosen to represents Flanders, Hainaut, Brabant, Namur, Limburg,
Luxemburg, Guelders & Frisia, wich students were parts of the "nation picarde"
in the University of Paris.
(At first there were 8 lions)
It's represent also that Picardy is a border's province, and that French Low Countries
(Flandre, Artois, Hainaut) is picard-speaking.

~*~

Voici le drapeau traditionnel de la Picardie, région septentrionale de France.
Il fut désigné pour la "Nation Picarde" de l'Université de Paris, afin de représenter
l'ensemble des régions picardophones (y compris celles du Nord-Pas-de-Calais).

Les fleurs-de-lys furent accordés aux picards en 1369, avec la devise "fidelissima",
car les picards prirent le parti de la France, contre celui des Anglo-angevins.
Les lions furent choisis plus tard pour représenter les provinces de Flandre, du Hainaut,
de Brabant, de Namur, du Limbourg, du Luxembourg, de Gueldre et de Frise, car les
étudiants de ces régions étaient affectés à la "Nation Picarde" de l'Université de Paris.
(Initialement il y avait d'ailleurs 8 lions)

Cela représente également le fait que la Picardie est une région frontalière
(jusqu'à l'annexion du Nord) et que les Pays-Bas français (Flandre, Artois, Hainaut)
sont picardophones.