For He's a Jolly Good Fellow

DESCRIPTION: "For he's a jolly good fellow (x3), Which nobody can deny." (Other verses, if any, come from the other versions of this song)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1870 (tune dates to 1783 or earlier)
KEYWORDS: drink nonballad floatingverses campsong
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (7 citations):
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 250, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" (1 text, with verses from all parts of the "Malbrouck" family)
Fuld-BookOfWorldFamousMusic, pp. 231-233, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow -- (Malbrouk -- We Won't Go Home till Morning! -- The Bear Went over the Mountain)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 162, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" (notes only)
Rodeheaver-SociabilitySongs, p. 122, 'For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" (1 text, 1 tune)
National-4HClubSongBook, p. 25, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" (1 text, 1 tune)
cf. List-SingingAboutIt-FolkSongsInSouthernIndiana, pp. 146-151, "We'll All Go Down to Rowsers" (1 text, 1 tune, plus sheet music reprints of "Malbrouck" and "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow")
DT, JOLLGOOD*
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "We Won't Go Home Until Morning" (tune) and references there
NOTES [14 words]: For the history of this tune, see the entry on "We Won't Go Home Until Morning." - RBW
Last updated in version 6.3
File: FSWB250

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