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|    Re: Americans perceive it as a quintesse    |
|    09 Nov 24 10:27:24    |
      XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.language.latin       From: wugi@brol.invalid              Op 8/11/2024 om 21:12 schreef Peter Moylan:       > On 09/11/24 09:13, wugi wrote:       >> Op 8/11/2024 om 19:06 schreef wugi:       >>> Op 8/11/2024 om 18:45 schreef Ed Cryer:       >>       >>>> Ever hear the song "For he's a jolly good fellow"?       >>>> Well, it was ripped from a French song;       >>>>       >>>>       >>>> Malbrough s'en va en guerre,       >>>> Mironton, mironton, mirontaine,       >>>> Malbrough s'en va en guerre,       >>>> Ne sait quand reviendra.       >>>       >>> Same for the first one:       >>>       >>> Frère Jaques (2x)       >>> Dormez-vous? (2x)       >>> Sonnent les matines (2x)       >>>       >>> Dutch:       >>> Broeder Jacob (2x)       >>> Slaapt gij nog? (2x)       >>> Hoor de klokken luiden (2x)       >>> Bimbambom (2x)       >>>       >>> Others?       >>       >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A8re_Jacques       >       > See also       > http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs2/s2_26.htm       > which has it in ten different languages.              Around 65 here https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A8re_Jacques              --       guido wugi              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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