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Frère Jacques
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<p>"Frère Jacques" , also known in English as "Brother John", is a <a href="/facts/Nursery_rhyme/ghbWCxG4">nursery rhyme</a> of French origin. The rhyme is traditionally sung in a <a href="/facts/Round_(music)/hXCU2RQu">round</a>. </p><p>The song is about a <a href="/facts/Friar/NA6kEJb6">friar</a> who has overslept and is urged to wake up and sound the bell for the <a href="/facts/Matins/TJ1sX8ot">matins</a>, the midnight or very early morning prayers for which a friar would be expected to be awake. </p>