Auprès de ma blonde

Auprès de ma blonde 1704
Københavns Drengekor v/Dirigent Ebbe Munk
Sankt Annæ Gymnasium
Dimissionsfest for 9.klasse
Torsdag d. 26.juni 2014
"Auprès de ma blonde" (French for "Next to My Girlfriend") or "Le Prisonnier de Hollande" ("The Prisoner of Holland") is a popular chanson dating to the 17th century. It appeared during or soon after the Franco-Dutch War, during the reign of Louis XIV, when French sailors and soldiers were commonly imprisoned in the Netherlands.
The song's quick pace and lively melody made it 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.