The song Frère Jacques translates into English as the following:
Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping?
Brother John, brother John?
Morning bells are ringing! Morning bells are ringing!
Ding, dang, dong. Ding, dang, dong.
*note to the supervisors: Frère Jacques has been dated back to at least the 1600s-1800s, so the lyrics are out of copyright.
translation:
Brother James, [Brother as a monk, not your actual brother]
Brother James,
are you sleeping,
are you sleeping,
ring the morning bells, [calling to the morning prayer]
ring the morning bells,
ding dang dong,
ding dang dong,
Frère Jacques,
Frère Jacques,
Dormez vous?
Dormez vous?
Sonnez les matines,
Sonnez les matines.
Ding Ding Dong,
Ding Ding Dong Are you sleeping Are you sleeping Brother John Brother John Morning bells are ringing Morning bells are ringing Ding ding dong Ding ding dong
Frère Jacques means "Brother James" in English.
The song goes:
Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques (Brother James, Brother James)
Dormez-vous ? Dormez-vous ? (are you sleeping? are you sleeping?)
Sonnez les matines, ding ding dong (ring the morning bells, ding ding dong)
The story of it: the monk James overslept, so he couldn't ring the bell to call for the morning prayer.
Frère Jacques would be translated 'Brother James' in French. This is a popular and somewhat childish, folksong about a monk (frère) called Jacques.
The website LyricsFreak has the lyrics of the song My Way. One can find it in Lyrics / Artists: F / Frank Sinatra / My Way. Its songwriters are: Jacques Revaux, Claude Francois, Gilles Thibaut, and Paul Anka.
'Next' (au suivant) was written by Jacques Brel. The most well-known version in English is probably the one by Scott Walker from his album, 'Scott 2'.
Elton John's "Your Song" contains the words "This is my song."
The song is French and it is actually Frere Jacques. The name of the song is "Are you sleeping brother John." It is a song about brother John and the morning bells are ringing and he should be getting out of bed.
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The French words for brother and sister are frere (brother) and seour (sister). There is a popular children's song which has "frere" in the title. It is called "Frere Jacques". This song is known in English as "Brother John".
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The phrase is "Frère Jacques." Jacques is a man's name. "Frère" means "brother." In the song (probably what you are thinking of) it is not a brother in a family but a monk of a religious order addressed as brother.
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"Besame" translates into two(2) words in English. When translated it means "Kiss Me".
It was sung by Scott Walker, former lead singer of The Walker Brothers. The title track is called 'Sons Of' and is an English-language cover of the original song, 'Fils de', by Jacques Brel.
Once more in English, please? A "lyric" is the words to a song.
The website LyricsFreak has the lyrics of the song My Way. One can find it in Lyrics / Artists: F / Frank Sinatra / My Way. Its songwriters are: Jacques Revaux, Claude Francois, Gilles Thibaut, and Paul Anka.
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