SONG OF THE VAGABONDS
From the Broadway Show "The Vagabond King" (1925)
(Rudolf Friml / Brian Hooker)

Denis King & Chorus (stage; first operetta version) - 1925
Denis King & Chorus (first film version) - 1930
Oreste Kirkop & Chorus (second film version - 1956
Oreste Kirkop & Chorus (record version)

Also recorded by:

Gordon MacRae - 1951
Alfred Drake - 1951
Mario Lanza - 1958 

Ted Christopher; Rudolf Friml; London Promenade Orch.; 
Earl Wrightson; David Whitfield; Ted Heath; 
Howard McGillin; Steven Rainbolt & Robert Muckenfuss; 
Teresa Ringholz & Eastman Dryden Orch.; John Hanson; 
..... and others.



Come all you Beggars of Paris town,
You lousy rabble of low degree
(Chorus: You rabble of low degree!)
Well spare King Louis to keep his crown
And save our city from Burgundy
(Chorus: Our city from Burgundy)
You and I are good for nothing but to die
We can die for Liberty.

Sons of toil and danger,
Will you serve a stranger
And bow down to Burgundy
Sons of shame and sorrow,
Will you cheer tomorrow
For the crown of Burgundy?
Onward! Onward! Swords against the Foe
Forward! Forward the lily banners go!
Sons of France around us,
Break the chain that bound us,
And to Hell with Burgundy!

Sons of toil and danger,
Will you serve a stranger
And bow down to Burgundy
Sons of shame and sorrow,
Will you cheer tomorrow
For the crown of Burgundy?
Onward! Onward! Swords against the Foe
Forward! Forward the lily banners go!
Sons of France around us,
Break the chain that bound us,
And to Hell with Burgundy!


*****


Oreste Kirkop record version:



Come all you Beggars of Paris town,
You lousy rabble of low degree
(Chorus: You rabble of low degree!)
Well spare King Louis to keep his crown
And save our city from Burgundy
(Chorus: Our city from Burgundy)
You and I are good for nothing but to die
Oh we can die for Liberty.
(Chorus: Aaaaaah, yeah!)

Sons of toil and danger,
Will you serve a stranger
And bow down to Burgundy
Sons of shame and sorrow,
Will you cheer tomorrow
For the crown of Burgundy?
Onward! Onward! Swords against the Foe
Forward! Forward the lily banners go!
Sons of France around us,
Break the chain that bound us,
And to Hell with Burgundy!

(Orchestral Break)
(Come all you Beggars of Paris town,
Well spare King Louis to keep his crown
We can save ourselves from Burgundy
Strike a blow for liberty. YEA!

(Orchestral Break)
(You and I are good for nothing but to die
We can die for Liberty.)

Sons of toil and danger,
Will you serve a stranger
And bow down to Burgundy
Sons of shame and sorrow,
Will you cheer tomorrow
For the crown of Burgundy?
Onward! Onward! Swords against the Foe
Forward! Forward the lily banners go!
Sons of France (Chorus: around us, Break the chain that bound us,)
And to Hell with Burgundy!



(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - July 2006)