I remember this from Dicken's Tale of Two Cities, the French babes sitting knitting,
singing it as more aristocrats were brought to be guillotined.

carmagnole
n.
5Fr, altered (after Carmagnola, town in Piedmont, occupied by revolutionaries in 1792) < older carmignole, kind of cap (dial. carmignola, jacket); prob. ult. < L carminare, to card wool < carmen, a card < carrere: see CARD26
1 the short jacket with wide lapels, or the costume consisting of this jacket, black trousers, a red cap, and tricolored girdle, worn by French Revolutionaries (1792)
2 a lively song and street dance popular during the French Revolution