Joseph English Kiddie Class

Frère Jacques (/ˌfrɛrə ˈʒɑːkə/, French: [fʁɛʁ ʒɑk], in the nursery rhyme and in song more generally [fʁɛʁə ʒɑkə]; English: “Brother John”; Dutch: “Broeder Jacob”, German: “Bruder Jakob”, Italian: “Fra’ Martino”, Polish: “Panie Janie”), is a nursery rhyme of French origin. The rhyme is traditionally sung in a round.

The song is about a friar who has overslept and is urged to wake up and sound the bell for the matins, the midnight or very early morning prayers for which a monk would be expected to wake.

Frère Jacques, frère Jacques,
Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?
Sonnez les matines! Sonnez les matines!
Ding, dang, dong. Ding, dang, dong.

The song is traditionally translated into English as:

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

There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
B-I-N-G-O!
B-I-N-G-O!
B-I-N-G-O!
And Bingo was his name-o!

There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
<Clap>-I-N-G-O!
<Clap> -I-N-G-O!
<Clap> -I-N-G-O!
And Bingo was his name-o!

There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
<Clap, clap>-N-G-O!
<Clap, clap> -N-G-O!
<Clap, clap> -N-G-O!
And Bingo was his name-o!

There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
<Clap, clap, clap> -G-O!
<Clap, clap, clap> -G-O!
<Clap, clap, clap> -G-O!
And Bingo was his name-o!

There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
<Clap, clap, clap, clap> -O!
<Clap, clap, clap, clap> -O!
<Clap, clap, clap, clap> -O!
And Bingo was his name-o!

There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
<Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap>
<Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap>
<Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap>
And Bingo was his name-o!

BINGO sung by Children and faster:

BINGO sung by man and slower:

(Song) ABC song (slower, “26 letters from A-z”) (YouTube)
(Song) Singing Walrus – ABC Phonics Song (YouTube)
(Song) Alphabet Dance (YouTube)

A – B – C – D – E – F – G
H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P
Q – R – S – T – U- V,
W – X – Y and Z

Now I know my ABC’s
Next time won’t you sing with me?

(Parents, be certain to sing each letter clearly. Pay attention to the L-M-N-O-P part. Kids start to sing “elemeno-P”.)

Backwards Alphabet

This is a version that goes Z to A instead of A to Z.

z-y-x, w
v-u-t, s-r-q
p-o-n-m-l-k-j
i-h-g-f-e-d-c-b-a

Now you know your ZYXs
I bet that’s not what you had expected!

The e-d-c-b part is as fast as the l-m-n-o part in the normal alphabet song.

(Note: “had expected” is an example of the past perfect, a time before a time in the past.)

(POST) Song: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
(POST) Animal sounds in different languages

Well, old MacDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-o
And on his farm he had a cow, ee-i-ee-i-o
With a moo-moo here, and a moo-moo there
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo-moo
Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-o

Well, old MacDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-o
And on his farm he had a duck, ee-i-ee-i-o
With a quack-quack here, and a quack-quack there
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack-quack
With a moo-moo here, and a moo-moo there
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo-moo
Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-o

Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-o
And on his farm he had a pig, ee-i-ee-i-o
With an oink-oink here, and an oink-oink there
Here an oink, there an oink everywhere an oink-oink
With a quack-quack here, and a quack-quack there
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack-quack
With a moo-moo here, and a moo-moo there
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo-moo
Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-o

Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-o
And on his farm he had a sheep, ee-i-ee-i-o
With a baa-baa here and a baa-baa there
Here a baa, there a baa, everywhere a baa-baa
With an oink-oink here, and an oink-oink there
Here an oink, there an oink everywhere an oink-oink
With a quack-quack here, and a quack-quack there
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack-quack
With a moo-moo here, and a moo-moo there
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo-moo
Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-o

We can keep adding animals to Old MacDonald’s Farm:

• chicken- cluck, cluck
• Dog – rough, rough OR bow-wow
• Cat – meow, meow
• Frog – ribbit, ribbit
• Horse – neigh, neigh (“nay, nay”)