During that time; legionnaires from the French Foreign Legion acquired their parade song "Non, je ne regrette rien", a 1960 Edith Piaf song that NCOs, Corporals and Legionnaires song while leaving their barracks for re-deployment following the Algiers putsch of 1961.
With his playful smile he responded, "No, you have it wrong; it is that I am always on the side of the people." I recall finally what he called his "anthem", Edith Piaf's haunting Non, je ne regrette rien.
Rien ne s'arrête | Rien Poortvliet | Non, je ne regrette rien | Comme si de rien n'était | Rien ne me changera | Presque rien | L'amour n'est rien... |