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The King of Yvetot.
" There was a King of Yvetot once."
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Piekrb Jean de Beeangee (1780-1857).
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Beranger wrote this famous song as a satire upon Napoleon I. It was received with much enjoyment by the French as a capital
squib, based upon the actual performances and privileges of the lord of the manor of Yvetot in Normandy, who was styled the King of
Yvetot because of hie pretensions.