# Marche Henri IV

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French patriotic song and historical anthem

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Vive Henri IV English: Long live Henry IV Henry IV of France Royal and national anthem of Kingdom of France Adopted 1590 Readopted 1814 Relinquished 1792, 1830 Succeeded by "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin" (1792) "La Parisienne" (1830) Audio sample Digital instrumental rendition in D minor file help

"**Marche Henri IV**", alternatively "**Vive Henri IV**" or "**Vive le roi Henri**", is a popular French song celebrating King [Henry IV of France](/source/Henry_IV_of_France) (also known as *Le Bon Roi Henri*, "Good King Henry"). The melody was heard of as early as 1581, when it was mentioned in the book of Christmas songs of Christophle de Bordeaux, under the name "Chant de la Cassandre".[1] It was a *de facto* anthem of the post-[Restoration](/source/Bourbon_Restoration_in_France) [Kingdom of France](/source/Kingdom_of_France) (the kingdom did not have an official anthem).[2]

[Thoinot Arbeau](/source/Thoinot_Arbeau), in his *Orchesographie* (1589), gives us a music score of the air as the "[Branle](/source/Bransle) Couppé Cassandre".[3] The air was adapted around 1600, presumably by [Eustache du Caurroy](/source/Eustache_du_Caurroy), to fit new lyrics celebrating the then King of France. Three other verses were written for a comedy opera by Charles Collé in 1770, called *La partie de chasse de Henri IV*.[4] At later dates, more lyrics were added to the song.[5] The song refers to the first [Bourbon](/source/House_of_Bourbon) King of France, [Henry IV](/source/Henry_IV_of_France) (Henry III of Navarre), who had ended the [Wars of Religion](/source/French_Wars_of_Religion) and restored peace to France (hence his sobriquet).

During the [French Revolution](/source/French_Revolution), the original lyrics were used to support the royalist cause. For instance, during the early Revolution, before the turn to republicanism (1789–1791), the anthem was renamed *Vive Louis XVI* (Long live [Louis XVI](/source/Louis_XVI)). The lyrics were used by [constitutional monarchists](/source/Constitutional_monarchists) to give praise to the monarchy during times of political crisis.[6][7]

The anthem was also used with yet another set of lyrics during the [Bourbon Restoration period](/source/Bourbon_Restoration_in_France) (1814–1830), under the name [Le Retour des Princes français à Paris](/source/Le_Retour_des_Princes_fran%C3%A7ais_%C3%A0_Paris).

## Lyrics

French original English translation I Vive Henri quatre Vive ce Roi vaillant Ce diable à quatre A le triple talent : De boire et de battre, Et d'être un vert galant. De boire et de battre, Et d'être un vert galant. II Au diable guerres, Rancunes et partis ! Comme nos pères Chantons en vrais amis, Au choc des verres, Les roses et les lys. Au choc des verres, Les roses et les lys. III Chantons l'antienne Qu'on chantera dans mille ans; Que Dieu maintienne En paix ses descendants Jusqu'à ce qu'on prenne, La Lune avec les dents. Jusqu'à ce qu'on prenne, La Lune avec les dents. IV Vive la France ! Vive le roi Henri ! Qu'à Reims on danse En disant comme Paris : Vive la France ! Vive le roi Henri ! Vive la France ! Vive le roi Henri ! I Long live Henry IV Long live this valiant king This fourfold devil Of three talents: Of drinking, fighting And womanising. Of drinking, fighting And womanising. II To hell with wars, Grudges and partisanship! Like our fathers Let us sing as true friends, Clink the glasses, The roses and the lilies. Clink the glasses, The roses and the lilies. III Let's sing the refrain That we will sing in a thousand years: May God maintain His descendants in peace Until we take the moon With our teeth. Until we take the moon With our teeth. IV Long live France! Long live king Henry! To Reims we dance Singing as they do in Paris: Long live France! Long live king Henry! Long live France! Long live king Henry!

## In other works

- *Marche Henri IV* was a common *[leitmotif](/source/Leitmotif)* for French royalty in several 19th-century works, such as in [Gioachino Rossini](/source/Gioachino_Rossini)'s opera *[Il viaggio a Reims](/source/Il_viaggio_a_Reims)* (in the finale, when [Charles X](/source/Charles_X_of_France) is crowned) and in the final march in [Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](/source/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky)'s ballet *[The Sleeping Beauty](/source/The_Sleeping_Beauty_(ballet))* (and the same march is recalled in the final scene of [Sleeping Beauty](/source/Sleeping_Beauty_(1959_film)) by [Walt Disney](/source/Walt_Disney), since it includes arrangements and adaptations from the ballet).

- It was set for piano solo by [Franz Liszt](/source/Franz_Liszt) in c. 1870-80 (S. 239).

- It is mentioned as one of the tunes played in Russia after the defeat of [Napoleon](/source/Napoleon) in "[The Blizzard](/source/The_Blizzard)" by [Alexander Pushkin](/source/Alexander_Pushkin).

- The anthem is also mentioned in [Leo Tolstoy](/source/Leo_Tolstoy)'s novel *[War and Peace](/source/War_and_Peace)*, and actually performed by French prisoners in the [Russian film production](/source/War_and_Peace_(film_series)) of the same name.

- In *[Les Misérables](/source/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables)*, [Victor Hugo](/source/Victor_Hugo) has the character of [Grantaire](/source/Grantaire) sing alternate Dionysian lyrics to the tune to rile his fellow [student insurrectionists](/source/Friends_of_the_ABC).[8]

- It is used in the soundtrack for the television series *[Turn: Washington's Spies](/source/Turn%3A_Washington's_Spies)*, when introducing a scene involving French military forces at [Battle of Yorktown](/source/Battle_of_Yorktown) (S4E9).

## See also

- *[Ô Richard, ô mon roi](/source/Richard_Coeur-de-lion_(opera)#The_work_and_its_influence)*

- *[Où peut-on être mieux qu’au sein de sa famille ?](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%C3%B9_peut-on_%C3%AAtre_mieux_qu%E2%80%99au_sein_de_sa_famille_%3F)*

- "[La Marseillaise](/source/La_Marseillaise)"

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*NOELZ NOV || VEAVX, et deuots Can- || tiques à l'honneur de la na- || tiuité de nostre Seigneur Iesus Christ, faicts || & composez par Christophle de Bordeaux || Parisien, pour l'annee mil cinq cens quatre || vingts || & vn. || A Paris, || Par Nicolas Bonfons, ruë neuue nostre || Dame, a l'enseigne S. Nicolas. — Fin. || Christophle de Bordeaux. S. d. \[1580\], in-8 de 8 f. non chiffr., sign. A-B par 4, mar. r., fil., dos orné, tr. dor. (Trautz-Bauzonnet.)*](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10091760x).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Paul F. Rice (2010). *British Music and the French Revolution*. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 134. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781443821803](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781443821803).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Arbeau, Thoinot (1520-1595) Auteur du texte (1589). [*Orchesographie. Et traicte en forme de dialogue, par lequel toutes personnes peuvent facilement apprendre & practiquer l'honneste exercice des dances . Par Thoinot Arbeau demeurant a Lengres*](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8610761x).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Vive Henri IV!", accessed 2017-12-10, [http://www.henri-iv.culture.fr/medias/en/pdf/0/756_10.pdf](http://www.henri-iv.culture.fr/medias/en/pdf/0/756_10.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Archived at [Ghostarchive](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211210/4h5M78YVN8M) and the [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/20071119154025/http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=4h5M78YVN8M): [*♫ 1590 - Royal Anthem - Long Live Henry IV ♪*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h5M78YVN8M). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [*Vie du roi Louis XVI*](https://books.google.com/books?id=TJlcAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22vive+louis+xvi%22+%22vive+henri%22&pg=PA58). 1790. p. 58.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Mason, Laura (5 September 2018). [*Singing the French Revolution: Popular Culture and Politics, 1787–1799*](https://books.google.com/books?id=slhuDwAAQBAJ). Cornell University Press. p. 56. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8014-3233-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8014-3233-0). Retrieved 30 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Hugo, Victor. ["Les Misérables"](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/135/pg135-images.html). *www.gutenberg.org*. Translated by Isabel Hapgood. Retrieved 2024-05-06. A rover, a gambler, a libertine, often drunk, [Grantaire] displeased these young dreamers by humming incessantly: 'J'aimons les filles, et j'aimons le bon vin.' Air: Vive Henri IV. (3.4.1)

## External links

- [*Les Ménestriers* recorded performance of the work with Renaissance instruments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zClE067Q4vs)

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