Carmagnole, the name of a popular song and dance of the French Revolution, every verse of which ended with the refrain :
Dansons la Carmagnole—vive le son du canon !
Littré thinks the name was given to the air from the fact of its being sung by persons wearing the jacket known as carmagnole, popular during the Revolution. The Carmagnole rivalled in popularity the notorious Ça ira itself. Till 1799 both were played by military bands and by stage orchestras; with the Marseillaise and the Chant du Depart, they carried the French to victory in Italy and Egypt, but Napoleon suppressed them when he became consul.