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"Frère Jacques" was a well-known children's song sung in the French language, usually used for basic melody training and practicing canon music playing.

Jean-Luc Picard and the winners of the primary school science fair aboard the USS Enterprise-D sung this song while climbing up a turbolift shaft in 2368 in order to keep their attention off their predicament. (TNG: "Disaster")

"Frère Jacques" was one of the first tunes that Captain Picard, as Kamin, learned to play on his Ressikan flute. (TNG: "The Inner Light")

Picard (playing his Ressikan flute) and Nella Daren (playing her portable piano) performed a canon of "Frère Jacques" in Picard's quarters on the Enterprise-D in 2369. (TNG: "Lessons")

Frère Jacques Beaulieu was actually a celebrated 17th century French lithotomist, born in 1651.
"Frère Jacques"
French English
Frère Jacques,
Frère Jacques,
Dormez-vous?
Dormez-vous?
Sonnez les matines,
Sonnez les matines,
Ding, Ding, Dong!
Ding, Ding, Dong!
Brother John,
Brother John,
Are you sleeping?
Are you sleeping?
Morning bells are ringing,
Morning bells are ringing,
Ding, Ding, Dong!
Ding, Ding, Dong!

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