Famous Songs by first lyrics

These are the most well-known songs (excluding singles) by number of Wikipedia languages, in descending order. How many can you name from the first two lines of lyrics? National anthems have been removed since the quiz would consist mostly of those otherwise.
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Last updated: September 30, 2022
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Lyrics
original
language
Song
Debout, les damnés de la terre
Debout, les forçats de la faim
French
The Internationale
____ ____, heilige Nacht,
Alles schläft; einsam wacht
German
Stille Nacht
Alla mattina appena alzata
o ____ ___, ____ ___, ____ ___, ciao, ciao
Italian
Bella ciao
_____ _______ _ ___ (2×)
_____ _______, dear […]
English
Happy Birthday to You
Rastsvetali iabloni i grushi,
Poplyli tumany nad rekoj.
Russian
Katyusha
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
English
Auld Lang Syne
Che bella cosa na jurnata 'e sole,
n'aria serena doppo na tempesta!
Italian
'O Sole Mio
______, ______ _____
Como si fuera esta noche la última vez
Spanish
Bésame Mucho
________ anima mea Dominum;
Et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo
Latin
Magnificat
____ _____!
La la la la la la la!
Ukrainian
Putin khuylo!
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
English
Jingle Bells
_______ _____! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
English
Amazing Grace
____ _____, Mater misericordiæ,
vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Latin
Salve Regina
Szomorú vasárnap száz fehér virággal
Vártalak kedvesem templomi imával
Hungarian
Gloomy Sunday
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the _____ ___
English
The House of the Rising Sun
____ _____, ____ _____
____ _____ ve-nismeḥa
Hebrew
Hava Nagila
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
English
Waltzing Matilda
Vor der Kaserne, vor dem großen Tor
Stand eine Laterne, und steht sie noch davor
German
Lili Marleen
______ _____! ______ _____!
Tu pure, o Principessa
Italian
Nessun dorma
When Britain first, at Heaven's command
Arose from out the azure main
English
Rule, Britannia!
Aprendimos a quererte
desde la histórica altura
Spanish
Hasta Siempre, Comandante
Vstaváy straná ogrómnaya,
Vstaváy na smértnyy boy
Russian
The Sacred War
____ ______, ____ ______,
Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?
French
Frère Jacques
______, ______, ______ moya!
V sadu yagoda malinka, malinka moya!
Russian
Kalinka
En la mondon venis nova sento,
tra la mondo iras forta voko
Esperanto
La Espero
Etot marš ne smolkal na perronah
Kogda vrag zaslonjal gorizont.
Russian
Farewell of Slavianka
______ _____ went to town
A-riding on a pony
English
Yankee Doodle
3 Comments
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Level 89
Sep 29, 2022
That's certainly diverse.
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Level 89
Sep 29, 2022
Your blank spaces for Happy Birthday are incorrect. After the first line is sung twice, it's just happy birthday dear...There's no "to you" in that line.
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Level 71
Sep 30, 2022
You're right! How did I miss that?