Show well known tune very ancient few who have heard the ditty arp are probably aware of the history and an of for he hes s a jolly good fel low sung at countless banquets and social functions mr Deri benjamin jamin suite a canadian poet and historian has been lecturing in toronto on the old folk songs of the dominion and he incidentally mentioned that the air of for he is a jolly good fellow came into france from spain but spain got it from the moors who had stolen it from the persians thousands of years ago |