Then one might have heard all the picturesque songs of the Far North"A la claire Fontaine"; "Ma Boule Roulant"; "Par derrier' chez-mon Pere"; "Isabeau s'y promene"; "P'tite Jeanneton"; "Luron, Lurette"; "Chante, Rossignol, chante"; the ever-popular "Malbrouck"; "C'est la belle Francoise"; "Alouette"; or the beautiful and tender "La Violette Dandine."

Many of the villagers came thither to place themselves in security, and they chose for captain a tall, fine man, named William a- Larks (aux Alouettes).

" Rabelais (i. 229, 230.): "Si les nues tomboyent, esperoyt prendre alouettes.

Quelle alouette!" "How lucky it is that she has never seen Cray!" exclaimed Barbara.