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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU......

happy birthday to you,

happy birthday to you,

happy birthday dear daphne,

happy birthday to you.


I've heard this song last week also..( on my b'day ) ....and I have been hearing it ever since i've known to recognise sounds.....everyone of us does...

so, for daphne and everyone else out there who knows this song, Here is a little about it...


"Happy Birthday to You" is a popular song which is sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's birth. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "Happy Birthday to You" is among the top three most popular songs in the English language,
along with "Auld Lang Syne" and "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow". The song has been translated into many languages, though it is often sung with the English lyrics in countries where English is not a primary language.

The story of how the song "Happy Birthday to You" came to be, began as a sweet one, that later soured. Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the principal of the same school,
together wrote a song for the children, entitled "Good Morning to All." When Mildred combined her musical talents, as the resident expert on spiritual songs, and as the organist for her church, with her sister's expertise in the area of Kindergarten Education, "Good Morning to All" was sure to be a success.The sisters published the song in a collection entitled "Song Stories of the Kindergarten" in 1893. Thirty-one years later, after Dr. Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University's Teacher College, a gentleman by the name of Robert H. Coleman published the song, without the sisters' permission. To add insult to injury, he added a second verse, the familiar "Happy Birthday to You."

Mr. Coleman's addition of the second verse popularized the song and, eventually, the sisters' original first verse disappeared. "Happy Birthday to You," the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters' original title, "Good Morning to All." After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named Jessica, sprang into action and took Mr. Coleman to court. In court, they proved that they, indeed, owned the melody. Because the family legally owns the song, it is entitled to royalties from it, whenever it is sung for commercial purposes.

SOME FACTS ABOUT THE SONG:

A Christmas version of the song text is named "Merry Christmas to You".

During the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong in 2003, the government advised people to regularly wash their hands with soap for around 15 seconds. In order to make this practice more easily handled by kids, some primary school and kindergarten teachers
told their students to sing "Happy Birthday to You" slowly while they washed their hands, and to only stop washing after finishing the song

One of the most famous performances of "Happy Birthday to You" was Marilyn Monroe's rendition to U.S. President John F.Kennedy in May 1962.

The song was also sung by the crew of Apollo IX on March 8, 1969, perhaps qualifying as the first song sung in space.

Many restaurants such as Applebee's and Shoney's have corporate-developed songs that are used instead of "Happy Birthday to You" when serving patrons with the traditional cake on their birthday. These were specifically developed to prevent copyright infringement and having to pay royalties.

The BBC Cbeebies channel for preschool children also uses a song other than "Happy Birthday to You" to mark the birthdays of its younger viewers.



"Good Morning to All" lyrics

Good morning to you,
Good morning to you,
Good morning, dear children,
Good morning to all.


Here are the lyrics in their most commonly used form:

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear (name),
Happy birthday to you.


Some add other verses to the end, sung to the same tune:

How old are you now,
How old are you now,
How old are you (name),
How old are you now?

Many more may you have,
Many more may you have,
Many more happy birthdays,
Many more may you have.

The birthday boy or girl then responds:

I thank you dear friends,
I thank you dear friends,
For all your kind wishes,
I thank you dear friends.



And another version :

From old friends and true,
From good friends and new,
May good luck go with you,
And happiness too.


Many alternate versions exist, most commonly sung as a joke, for example:

Happy birthday to you,
You belong in a zoo,
You look like a monkey
And you act like one, too.

And other versions of the above:

Happy birthday to you,
I went to the zoo,
I saw a big monkey,
And I thought it was you.
Happy birthday to you
You live/belong in a zoo,
You look like a goat
And you chew like one, too

posted by chaitu @ 12:51 PM