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<th style="text-align: right; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;">Citation:</th>
<td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">''Marlbrouk s'en va-t-en guerre,<br>mironton, mironton, mirontaine<br>Marlbrouk ne revient plus''</td>
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<th style="text-align: right; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;">Language:</th>
<td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">French</td>
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<th style="text-align: right; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;">References:</th>
<td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">''[[The Fortune of War]]'', page 263</td>
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<th style="text-align: right; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;">Meaning:</th>
<td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">Marlborough is off to war,<br>mironton etc.<br>Marlborough is never coming back</td>
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<p style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 70%;">Notes:</p>
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''mironton'' is a nonsense word, perhaps imitating a drum-roll; apparently sung to the tune of 'For he's a jolly good fellow'.

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