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Romantique avant les Romantiques
Romantic before the Romantics
Aventurier avant d’être Révolutionnaire
Adventurer before Revolutionary
Démocrate et Royaliste
Democrat and Royalist
Célébré et Méconnu
Celebrated yet Unknown
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Méconnu en France, trop aristrocrate
Unknown in France, too aristocratic
Célébré aux Etats Unis, comme un héros
Celebrated in the United States, as a hero
Aventurier fortuné poussant les frontières,
Wealthy adventure seeker pushing frontiers
Il risqua sa vie pour une Terre inconnue.
He risked his life for an unknown land.
De son ami Washington,
Of his friend Washington
Il devint Général,
He became General
De son ami Washington,
Of his friend Washington
Il fut le fils
He was Son
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