<P> "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" is a popular song that is sung to congratulate a person on a significant event, such as a promotion, a birthday, a wedding (or playing a major part in a wedding), a wedding anniversary, the birth of a child, or the winning of a championship sporting event . The melody originates from the French song "Marlbrough s'en va - t - en guerre" ("Marlborough Has Left for the War"). The traditional children's song "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" is sung to the same tune . </P> <P> According to the Guinness World Records, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" is the second-most popular song in the English language, following "Happy Birthday to You" and followed by "Auld Lang Syne". </P> <P> The tune is of French origin and dates at least from the 18th century . Allegedly it was composed the night after the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709 . It became a French folk tune and was popularized by Marie Antoinette after she heard one of her maids singing it . The melody became so popular in France that it was used to represent the French defeat in Beethoven's composition "Wellington's Victory" Opus 91 written in 1813 . </P> <P> The melody also became widely popular in the United Kingdom . By the mid-19th century it was being sung with the words "For he's a jolly good fellow", often at all - male social gatherings . By 1862, it was already familiar in America . </P>

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