I can give you "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen", by Neil Sedaka, who like
myself is a good Jewish boy from Brooklyn:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET SIXTEEN
Tra-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la, happy birthday Sweet Sixteen
Tra-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la, happy birthday Sweet Sixteen
Tonight's the night I'm waiting for,
Because you're not a baby any more.
You've turned into the prettiest girl I've ever seen:
Happy birthday, Sweet Sixteen!
What happened to that funny face?
My little tomboy now wears satins and lace.
I can't believe my eyes, you're just a teen-age dream
Happy birthday, Sweet Sixteen!
When you were only six, I was your big brother.
Then when you were ten, we didn't like each other.
When you were thirteen, you were my funny valentine,
But since you've grown up, your future is sewn up:
From now on you're gonna be mine.
So if I should smile, in sweet surprise,
It's just that you've grown up before my very eyes.
You've turned into the prettiest girl I've ever seen:
Happy birthday, Sweet Sixteen!
(repeat last verse and fade out on
"Tra-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la, happy birthday Sweet Sixteen")
Please wish your friend many happy returns.
<-----7-23-1996-----MSG----->
Marc S. Glasser
ca...@nycmetro.com
http://archive.uwp.edu/cgi-bin/lyr.songs?b/boyz.ii.men/its_so_hard_to_say_goodbye_to_yesterday
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