Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show,
Their enemies were targets, their bullets they were tow.


Le Roi d'Yvetot. Translation by Thackeray, The King of Brentford; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 725.

Pierre-Jean de Béranger Quotes

Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show, Their enemies were targets, their bullets they were tow.

Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show, Their enemies were targets, their bullets they were tow.

Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show, Their enemies were targets, their bullets they were tow.

Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show, Their enemies were targets, their bullets they were tow.