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Valeureux Liégeois (French; literally "Valiant people of Liège") is a patriotic song written in 1790 by Abbot Gilles-Joseph-Evrard Ramoux in the town of Liège at a time when the Liège Revolution was threatened by Austrian forces seeking the restoration of the Prince-bishop César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck.
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Abbot Ramoux wrote Valeureux Liégeois in 1790 at the request of Lambert-Joseph de Donceel, a revolutionary and commander of the Liege militia who wanted a national song "to expel from the homes of our citizens the enemies of the fatherland who dared to enter".
The lyrics of the song had a patriotic air, though they were subsequently added to or modified several times. The original song only had two verses.
Student fokelore
Students from the University of Liège (ULg) have a tradition of modifying the song to a version with the refrain:
Along with verses 3 and 1.