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French 4 Tots |
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A French educational website for young children. ... Online since 19.06.2004 ... | ||
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| Frère Jacques | Brother John |
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Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques, dormez vous, dormez vous, Sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines, ding, dang, dong, ding, dang, dong. |
Brother John (Jack), Brother John (Jack), Are you sleeping, are you sleeping? Morning bells are ringing, Morning bells are ringing, Ding dang dong, ding dang dong. |
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Notes, Why Brother John and not Brother Jack!? Someone e-mailed me to say that as Jack is a diminutive of John, but apparently Jacques is the French form of James. Perhaps it is more likely that John rhymes with dong, and that the only reason why. A recent e-mail from a Sam Maltby helpfully directed me to a wikipedia artile which has more detail than I can honestly include here. This ditty is meant to be sung as a round for four people. The second starts when the first has finished the first line etc, exactly as London's burning. |
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