"Hurrah for William Tell!" roared the crowd, and, taking the time from Werner Stauffacher, they burst into the grand old Swiss chant which runs as follows:
"For he's a jolly good fellow! For he's a jolly good fellow!! For he's a jolly good fe–e–llow!!!! And so say all of us!"
William Tell Told Again. Chapter II
And, overcome by his emotion, he burst into discordant song.
'Fo–or he's a jolly good fellow', bellowed Steve. 'For he's a jolly good fellow. For he's–'
The Coming of Bill. 14 The Sixty-first Street Cyclone
'Old Hugo! I can't believe it. He was the most popular man in the county. We put him on a pedestal. Used to get hoarse at those dinners singing "He's a jolly good fellow". There wasn't a dry eye at his funeral. Last fellow in the world you'd have thought... Whatever made him do it?'
Do Butlers Burgle Banks?. Chapter 6.I