Happy Birthday Song
| Tune: | Traditional "Happy Birthday to You"; Alternate #2 is sung to the tune of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" |
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| Category: | Fun |
| Link: | Performance Example |
| Notes: | We've got the traditional version, plus a few alternates if you want a different vibe. Alternate #1: swap in the birthday Scout's actual age in place of "five". Alternate #3 is call-and-response - the leader sings the question and the group shouts back the age in parentheses. |
Traditional melody
Happy CBirthday to G7you,
Happy Birthday to Cyou,
Happy C7Birthday, dear FName-Name,
Happy CBirthday G7to Cyou.
Alternate Song #1 (using 5 years old as the example)
CFive times around the sun.
Five times around the G7sun.
We're so Chappy that you're here,
Let's give a Fgreat big cheer (Hooray!),
CFive times G7around the Csun.
Alternate Song #2 (to the tune of "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" )
We wish you a happy birthday,
We wish you a happy birthday,
We wish you a happy birthday,
Gonna be a good year.
Alternate Song #3
CHappy Birthday! Happy Birthday!
Tell us how old you were G7yesterday (Four!)
CHappy Birthday! Happy Birthday!
Tell us how old you G7are Ctoday (Five!)
Chords Used
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