Happy birthday!

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Whoo hoo! It’s my birthday today! I am going to be celebrating with cupcakes, candles and champagne! Happy Monday, everyone.

And in case you’re wondering, Brits do sing the Happy Birthday song but they also sing “For He’s (or She’s) a Jolly Good Fellow” with slightly different lyrics to the American version:

British version

For he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow
For he’s a jolly good fellow (pause), and so say all of us
And so say all of us, and so say all of us
For he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow
For he’s a jolly good fellow (pause), and so say all of us!

American version

For he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow
For he’s a jolly good fellow (pause), which nobody can deny
Which nobody can deny, which nobody can deny
For he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow
For he’s a jolly good fellow (pause), which nobody can deny!

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Posted on 25, June 2012, in British and tagged . Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.

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