Frere Jacques

[Jeff Holdeman]

Mischa A. Fayer, in his "Basic Russian: Book One" (1985), includes
"Brat Ivan (Kanon)" on p. 255:

Brat Ivan, Brat Ivan,
spish'-li ty, spish'-li ty?
Zvoni v kolokola, zvoni v kolokola,
Din', din', din', din', din', din'.

Jeff


Jeff Holdeman
The Ohio State University
holdeman.2 at osu.edu


>I would like to know whether the children's song
>"Frere Jacques" has been translated into any of
>the Slavic languages.  If anyone has any leads or
>could actually even send me the words to the song
>in any of the Slavic languages, I would be very
>appreciative.
>
>A note on the relative popularity of the song among
>children in the country of translation would also be
>helpful.
>
>You can reply to me off list and I will post a summary
>of any replies that I receive.  Thanks in advance for
>your help.
>
>Mark Lauersdorf
>
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