 And it happened that when Louis XVII of France was born in 1785 (son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and heir to the French throne) he was wet-nursed by a peasant named Geneviève Poitrine.The nurse, whilst rocking the royal cradle, sang "Marlborough s'en va-t-en guerre" and The name, the simplicity of the words, and the melodiousness of the tune, interested the queen, and she frequently sang it.Everybody repeated it after her, including the king.