{"id":10715,"date":"2015-02-23T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=10715"},"modified":"2015-02-23T06:00:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T11:00:40","slug":"mademoiselle-from-armentieres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/mademoiselle-from-armentieres\/","title":{"rendered":"Mademoiselle From Armenti\u00e8res"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, February 23, 1915<\/em><\/p>\n

March to Armenti\u00e8res<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cLeft Fl\u00eatre 8 a.m. marching via Meteren and Nieppe.\u00a0 During halt in Nieppe British Officers billeted there asked H.Q. officers to lunch with them.\u00a0 Passed Gen. Pultney and staff on road. He scrutinized the battalion closely as it passed him and asked numerous questions.\u00a0 Pav\u00e9 troubling the men, but no stragglers.\u00a0 Arrived Armenti\u00e8res<\/a> in the afternoon.\u00a0 Battn. H.Q. and Nos. 1 and 2 Companies billeted in the Asylum, Nos. 3 & 4 in large warehouse in town.\u00a0 Transport and Q.M. in other end of town.\u00a0 Rather inconvenient.\u00a0 Attached to 17th<\/sup> British Brigade, Brig.-General Harper, Bde. Major Seagrave.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [1]<\/a><\/p>\n

\"23<\/a>THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: \u00a0“Mademoiselle from <\/em>Armenti\u00e8res<\/em><\/a>“<\/em> was a song that was sung during World War I<\/a>. It is also known by its ersatz French line, Hinky Dinky Parlez-vous<\/em> (variant: Parley voo<\/em>). It was considered a risqu\u00e9 song. The tune of the song was believed to be popular in the French army in the 1830s, and the original words told of the encounter of an inn-keeper’s daughter, named Mademoiselle de Bar le Luc, with two German officers. During the Franco-Prussian war<\/a> of 1870, the tune was resurrected, and again in 1914 when the Old Contemptibles<\/a> got to know of it\u2026<\/p>\n

\"23<\/a>One of the most successful wartime songs, the words of Mademoiselle From <\/em>Armenti\u00e8res<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> were often modified, invariably with somewhat cruder lyrics\u2026<\/p>\n

The tune is the third part (the first two being “Has Anyone Seen the Colonel?<\/a>” and “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary<\/a>“) of the regimental march of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light <\/a>Infantry<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 [2]<\/a><\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0 War Diary, 14th<\/sup> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment<\/em>, Feb 23, 1915.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089695.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wikipedia contributors, \"Mademoiselle from Armenti\u00e8res,\" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia,<\/em> http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Mademoiselle_from_Armenti%C3%A8res&oldid=634006847<\/a> (accessed December 8, 2014).<\/pre>\n
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