Frère Jacques

A nursery rhyme of French origin. The rhyme is traditionally sung in a round.
Besides its French name "Frère Jacques" is known by a variety of names: in Afrikaans as "Vader Jakob"; in Croatian as "Bratec Martin"; in Czech as "Bratře Kubo"; in Danish as "Mester Jakob"; in Dutch as "Broeder Jacob" (in Flanders) or "Vader Jacob" (in the Netherlands); in English as "Brother John", in Finnish as "Jaakko kulta"; in German as "Meister Jakob" or "Bruder Jakob"; in Hebrew as "אחינו הנהג" (romanized as "Achinu HaNehag"); in Hungarian as "János bácsi"; in Italian as "Fra' Martino"; in Polish as "Panie Janie"; in Slovenian as "Mojster Jaka" and in Spanish as either "Fray Santiago" or "Martinillo".