Frère Jacques

1. tobot
   December 29th, 2007 at 6:06 am

   please correct me but surely Jacques is the french equivalent of jack
   and jean is john

2. Pol x
   December 29th, 2007 at 7:26 am

   ...what tobot said

3. Miss Cellania
   December 29th, 2007 at 7:31 am

   You are correct. That's not a translation; it's the name of the song in English.

4. ted
   December 29th, 2007 at 7:31 am

   I was taught that the English version of Frere Jacques is Brother John. Probably because it sounds nicer in English.

   If I recall correctly, I think Jack is considered a derivative of John in English.

5. Pudifoot
   December 29th, 2007 at 11:04 am

   all I know is Jacques job was watching a water clock all night long... which is presumingly why he fell asleep (it wasn't the most exciting of jobs).

6. k
   December 29th, 2007 at 12:22 pm

   I found more songs in the chansons du monde section --> http://demonsaumonde.free.fr/carnet.de.chants/chants_monde.html

7. tobot
   December 29th, 2007 at 12:49 pm

   actually i now remember the song being called that in my childhood.
   i retract my earlier comment

8. Eric
   December 30th, 2007 at 12:49 pm

   The chinese version they have posted on there isn't quite frere jacques.

   it translates to something like:

   two tigers, two tigers
   running fast, running fast
   one has no eyes, one has no nose
   how weird, how weird

   Oh I guess they figured that out with the translation in French they have below that.

   It's still weird.

9. aware
   December 31st, 2007 at 1:04 am

   "reggae hippie" version was total crap.

   besides, it's not a language... and the singers tried to read the french lyrics phonetically, or so it sounds.

   the others were adorable.

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