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Are You Sleeping? (Frère Jacques)

Song type: Calm
Audience: Baby, Families, 3-5, Toddler

How to share this song with babies

Soothing lullaby to gently rock your baby to sleep. Personalise with your baby’s name.

How to share this song with toddlers

Toddlers can lie down on the floor then jump up for ‘morning bells are ringing’ and move arms to mime ringing bells.

How to share this song with 3-5-year-olds

Maybe you have some percussion, bells to ring or pots and pans to tap. Adults sing first part of line then child repeats. Continue throughout the song.

Are You Sleeping? (Frère Jacques) lyrics

Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping?

Brother John, Brother John,

Morning bells are ringing! Morning bells are ringing!

Ding, ding, dong. Ding, ding, dong.

Performed by Karen Clark, National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS)