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According to the '' Guinness Book Of World Records '', "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" is the second most popular song in the English Language , following " Happy Birthday To You " and followed by " Auld Lang Syne ."


BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN LYRICS

:For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow
:For he's a jolly good fellow (pause), and so say all of us
:And so say all of us, and so say all of us
:For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow
:For he's a jolly good fellow (pause), and so say all of us


AMERICAN LYRICS

:For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow
:For he's a jolly good fellow (pause), which nobody can deny
:Which nobody can deny, which nobody can deny
:For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow
:For he's a jolly good fellow (pause), which nobody can deny


VARIATIONS

Amongst certain groups a different word is substituted for "fellow". Also the 'British' and 'American' versions can be combined, normally with 'and so say all of us' in the middle of the verse, and 'which nobody can deny' at the end.

In addition the song can be altered to agree with the gender of the intended recipient, "he" being replaced with "she".


FOREIGN LANGUAGES



French

This song is sung in France, with the same melody and for the same type of events.
:Car c'est un bon camarade, car c'est un bon camarade
:Car c'est un bon camarade (pause), et qu'on est tous d'accord.

Another version :
:Car c'est un bon camarade, car c'est un bon camarade
:Car c'est un bon camarade (pause), personne ne(silent) dira le contraire


Portuguese

This song is sung in Brazil, with the same melody and for the same type of events, meaning the same.
:Ele é um bom companheiro, ele é um bom companheiro,
:Ele é um bom companheiro (pause), ninguém pode negar


MELODY



Other appearances of the melody

  • Many other standard children's songs use the same melody, including "''The Bear Went Over the Mountain''".

  • A variation of the melody appears in Ludwig van Beethoven's composition "Wellington's Victory, op. 91", also known as "The Battle Symphony".

  • The Hungarian punk'n'roll band Zorall has a version of the song with the lyrics:

  • "Zorall akarok lenni, Zorall akarok lenni,

Zorall akarok lenni (pause) mert én Zorall vagyok!"


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