Ode to the Legion

We're taking a chance

Marching for France

Under the French Flag

We're convicts and thieves

But if you please

We're Heroes of the grave

France went to war

On the Barbary shore

To protect her southern coast

Her expedition failed

Her finances pale

Her Army became a ghost

So the call went out

Without a doubt

Across the European land

Rot in your cells

Of fend for yourselves

And give France a hand

So we made a stand

On Algerian land

One unit under France
 

And when we were done

A new life had begun

We earned our second chance.