Since this song was written down a century after these events took place, there are some factual errors in it. For example, the place of death of the English king is not Saint-Fiacre en Brie, but Vincennes.
Godon was a French derogatory term at the time, directed specifically at Englishmen. (It was used because of their habit of cursing, "God damn!)
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