Talk:For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
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"Which nobody can deny"? Is that the American version? Here in Britain, the usual line is "And so say all of us".
And occasionally other words are substituted for "fellow".... -- Smjg 16:18, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Interesting. Can you add this information to the article as "regional variants"? --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 17:05, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
Can anyone confirm that the song is American in origin? Which is the older variant, the (chiefly American) "...nobody can deny" or the (chiefly British/Commonwealth) "...so say all of us"? Enquiring minds want to know! —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:17, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
I suppose the French translation is a joke, probably as well as the other translations. A popular song when celbrating someone is "Il (elle) est vraiment phénoménal..." which I heard or sang possibly dozens of times, but I never heard the translation of the jolly good fellow. Maybe British students sing it during trips in France, it wouldn't make it a French song...
- The Brazilian Portuguese version was ok. It's used mainly in dubbling/subtiles of USAmerican films. -- 200.100.252.17 09:09, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
In the lyrics, there is a "pause" after "fellow". Maybe it should be called a fermata, especially if the note is sustained when singing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.184.171.245 (talk) 19:05, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
