Words to Frere Jacques

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From: Linda (2/99)


off the web (I didn't know how to spell some of the words) :

Frere Jacques (Brother John)

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping Brother John? Brother John? Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing Ding, dang, dong. Ding, dang, dong.

French:

Frere Jacques, frere Jacques, Dormez-vous, dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines: Ding-dang-dong, ding-dang-dong!

German:

Bruder Jakob, Bruder Jakob, Schlaefst Du noch, schlaefst Du noch? Morgenglocken laeuten, Morgenglocken laeuten, Ding-dang-dong, ding-dang-dong.