(For  He's  a) JOLLY  GOOD  FELLOW​

​Beginner                   BA1 - Unit 9              (Practice) Tune​

Traditional      
Button-Accordion Notation  (simplest version)
Beats per bar = 3
Beat symbol = Dot ( . )
Either row (low):  Buttons 3 to 5* 
​Tapping pattern =  |  B  C  C  |
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Part 1
Included for practice 
in this Unit:
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Learning Part 2
can be deferred.

1st two lines of Part 2:
 .3   |   :4     .4    |   .4    .3*   .4     |   .:4*  |    :4
For    he's   a        jol - ly  good      fel   -   low

 .4   |   :3*    .3*  |   .3*   .3    .3*    |   .:4   |    :3
For    he's    a       jol - ly  good      fel   -  low

  .3  |    :4    .4    |   .4    .3*    .4    |   .:4*  |    :5*~
For    he's   a        jol -  ly  good     fel   -   low

    .5*   |   .5    .5    .5    |   :4*   .3*  |  .:3~ | ~:
Which    no-bod - y       can   de  -   ny___

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​​    .4    |   .5      .5     .5   |    :5*   .5*   |  .:5~ | ~:
​Which    no - bod - y       can   de   -   ny___

    .4    |   .5      .5     .5   |   :5*    .5*   |  .:5~ | ~:
​Which    no - bod - y       can   de   -   ny___

For remainder of Part 2: 

    Either: repeat last two lines of Part 1,   

         Or: repeat all of Part 1.

​In either case, hold last note for 6 beats at end of singing.
Embedded youTube Videos

Nine videos in the keys:  C=3   (played on inside row of a G-C accordion)
                                        D=2    (played on inside row of an A-D accordion)
                                        G=4  (played on outside row of a G-C accordion)

If you find any of these performances to be too fast, you can set the play-back speed to 75% or 50%  (but not to the terrible-sounding 25%).
Key:   C
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Pianist:  James Cowper?

Posted by:  James Cowper

Good pace (tempo) for beginners.
Key:   C

Pianist:  ?

Posted by:  Easy Sheet Music by Thomas

Instrumental - good for beginners
​Key:   C

Pianist:  ?

Posted by: YOUCANPLAYIT.COM

Instrumental - slow - ​great for beginners.

Part 1:  Follows the notation above.

Part 2:  Plays line 1 of Part 2 - twice only.

Part 3:  Repeat of Part 1 (as above)

Then repeats the whole thing
​(right-hand melody and left-hand accompaniment separately as a piano tutorial.).
Key:   D

Guitarist:  Carmen Alvarez?

​Posted by:  Carmen Alvarez - Topic
Key:  D

Group:  Barney & the backyard gang

Posted by: Stephanie The Tv show girl
​Key:  G

Guitarist:  ?

​Posted by:  Paul Guitar Coach

Good pace (tempo) for beginners.
​Key: G 

Guitarist:  ?

Posted by: John Hagley
Key:  G 

Pianist:  ?

Posted by:  DiversiTune

Follow the bouncing ball for lyrics.
Key:  G

Group:  ?

​Posted by:  Music Man

Good pace (tempo) for beginnners.
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BACKGROUND MATERIALS, INFORMATION & LINKS
​Lyrics:
English
Version







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​American
Version

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.

​And so say all of us,
And so say all of us
For he's a jolly good fellow,
And so say all of us! ​

​For he's a jolly good fellow,
​For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow (pause),
Which nobody can deny.

Which nobody can deny,
Which nobody can deny,
For he's a jolly good fellow, 
Which nobody can deny! 
Background Links:
There are other slightly different lyrics and arrangements.

Click HERE for wikipedia background on this song.