lyrics: McCutcheon's Bday song?
NickMeier
If you do please send them to me at:
nme...@cruzio.com
or Nick...@aol.com
or post it here.
Thanks
Jeffrey Kragness
From: nick...@aol.com (NickMeier)
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The Birthday Song
by John McCutcheon
Verse 1:
They just let second grade out early today
Which made little Mikey kind of blue
Cuz he just turned seven years old today
And he thought he'd get a party at school.
Bridge:
But as he turned the corner he was taken off his guard--
Chairs and tables all over the yard!
Then his friends jumped up and hollered real hard:
"Happy Birthday to You!"
Chorus:
You make me think of the good old days;
Happy Birthday to you.
You sure grew out of your baby ways;
Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday, we wish you many more.
Health and wealth and friends by the score!
So cut the cake and let's eat some more!
Happy Birthday to You!
Verse 2:
Now Mike's 22 and he's workin for his Pop.
His head's full of business through and through.
They started up a brand new system at the shop
And he forgot he had a birthday due.
Bridge:
Chorus:
Verse 3:
Old Man Michael in his rockin' chair,
Admiring the view.
He still has all his teeth and he still has all his hair,
And today he's 92!
Bridge (I think it's slightly different words this time):
Chorus:
It's in G, C, and D. If you know the song you should
be able to figure it out. Mail me if you get stuck.
WTYates
>Jeffrey Kragness (ussa...@lavender.diac.mmm.com) wrote:
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>: The Birthday Song
>: by John McCutcheon (he wanted the words)
>Uhhhh, not quite. The song was written by Tina Liza-Jones (former member
>of Trapezoid) sometime around 1978. It was written at my birthday party
>in July of 1978.
> -Randy Marchany
Wow! what a birthday present! For Jeffrey, the song (words and music by
Tina Liza Jones) can be found on McCutcheon's album "John McCutcheon Live
at Wolf Trap" on Rounder Records (CD 0283). I heard John sing this in
Ojai, CA last year. Great!
Here's the words:
Cut The Cake
We're gonna let second grade out early today
Which made little Mikey kinda blue
He just turned seven years old that day
And he thought he'd get a party at school
He walked back homeand he's taken off his guard
There's chairs and tables all over the yard
And his friends jumped up and they hollered real hard,
"Happy Birthday to You!"
Chorus:
It makes me think of the good old days
Happy birthday to you
You sure grew out of your baby ways
Happy birthday to you
(7th 23rd 92nd) birthday we wish you many more
Health and wealth and friends by the score
Cut the cake and let's eat some more
Happy birthday to you
Now Mike's twenty-two and he's working for his Pop
And his head's full of business thru and thru
He was planning out a whole new system at the shop
And he forgot he had a birthday due
He drove back home and he's taken off his guard
There's chairs and tables all over the yard
And his friends jumped up and they hollered real hard,
"Happy Birthday to You!"
Chorus
Now it's old man Michael in a rocking chair
Admiring the view
He's still got all his teeth and he's still got all his hair
And today he's ninety-two
He turns in his seat and he's taken off his guard
There's chairs and tables all over the yard
And his friends jumped up and they hollered real hard,
"Happy Birthday to You!"
Chorus
Happy Birthday to whoever,
--Bill Yates
--wty...@aol.com
"Follow instructions, avoid excessive use."
Randy Marchany
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: The Birthday Song
: by John McCutcheon
Uhhhh, not quite. The song was written by Tina Liza-Jones (former member
of Trapezoid) sometime around 1978. It was written at my birthday party
in July of 1978.
-Randy Marchany
INTERNET: randy.m...@vt.edu
WWW: http://www.bev.net/community/nsa/nsa.master.html
Mark D. Moss
'ussa...@lavender.diac.mmm.com (Jeffrey Kragness)' wrote:
>
>From: nick...@aol.com (NickMeier)
>
>
>Does anyone know the lyrics to John McCutcheon's Birthday song?
>If you do please send them to me at:
>nme...@cruzio.com
>or Nick...@aol.com
>or post it here.
>
>The Birthday Song
>by John McCutcheon
>
>They just let second grade out early today
>
>Bridge:
>But as he turned the corner he was taken off his guard--
>Then his friends jumped up and hollered real hard:
>
>Chorus:
>Happy Birthday to you.
>
>Happy Birthday, we wish you many more.
>Happy Birthday to You!
>
>Verse 2:
>Now Mike's 22 and he's workin for his Pop.
>His head's full of business through and through.
>
>Bridge:
>Chorus:
>
>Verse 3:
>Old Man Michael in his rockin' chair,
>Admiring the view.
>He still has all his teeth and he still has all his hair,
>And today he's 92!
>
>Bridge (I think it's slightly different words this time):
>Chorus:
>
>
>
>It's in G, C, and D. If you know the song you should
>be able to figure it out. Mail me if you get stuck.
>
>JGKra...@mmm.com
(and is probably responsible for "popularizing" it) IT WAS WRITTEN BY TINA
LIZA JONES
((c) 1984 Swan & Quill Pub. Co.). Credit where credit is due!
Why someone would go to the trouble of typing all the lyrics, but not
include correct writing credit or proper copyright is beyond me! It's
stealing, people!
The song (music, chords and all) was printed in Sing Out! (V.31#1) and
recorded by McCutcheon on "Howdjadoo" (Rounder #8009 -- with the correct
credit, by the way).
--
Mark D. Moss, Editor
Sing Out!, The Folk Song Magazine
P.O. Box 5253
Bethlehem, PA 18015-0253
Phone: (610)865-5366
Fax: (610)865-5129
Linda Flessas
not "you"....
mbr0
Mark D. Moss <sin...@nyc.pipeline.com> wrote:
>Why someone would go to the trouble of typing all the lyrics, but not
>include correct writing credit or proper copyright is beyond me! It's
>stealing, people!
Calling it "stealing" is rather extreme. People often type in all the lyrics
FROM MEMORY. Few people memorize the author of a song. Often they've never
heard the name of the author. But they know who they've heard singing the song
and assume incorrectly that the singer also wrote it. As this poster
demonstrated, he not only didn't know the name of the songwrited, he also
didn't know the name of the song!
You're not seeing "stealing". You're watching the folk process in action.
If you don't understand the folk process, what are you doing in folk music
in the first place?
--
Mark of the Valley of Roses
m...@gte.com