Auprès de ma blonde
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"Auprès de ma blonde" or "Le prisonnier de Hollande" is a popular chanson dating to the 17th century. it tells the story of a lady who laments to the birds in her father's garden that her husband is a prisoner in Holland. It appeared during or soon after the Franco-Dutch War (1672–78), during the reign of Louis XIV, when French sailors and soldiers were commonly imprisoned in The Netherlands.
The song was well-suited to military marches and it is still commonly played at parades. For the same reasons it gained widespread popularity as a drinking song and nursery rhyme.
A local tradition attributes the composition to André Joubert du Collet. - Licensing
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