For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
/fə ˌhiːz ə ˌdʒɒli ɡʊd ˈfeləʊ/
/fər ˌhiːz ə ˌdʒɑːli ɡʊd ˈfeləʊ/
- a song that people sing to praise somebody who has done something that they admire. If the person is a woman, they sing For She's a Jolly Good Fellow. The song is usually sung without being planned or prepared, and the person is sometimes carried on the shoulders of the people singing. The words are: “For he's a jolly good fellow,For he's a jolly good fellow,For he's a jolly good fellow,And so say all of us.”
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