Happy Birthday - May The Dear LORD Bless You †

Happy Birthday Tune. A nice one to Play on a Birthday Celebration and you can SING along to it...
When I was a young, we sang this as: May The Dear Lord Bless You - instead of Happy Birthday.

FYI: At the End of the Video you will see a very OLD copy of the Original Tune known as: GOOD MORNING TO YOU which is actually in some Hymn Books. The TUNE was written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill, two sisters from Kentucky. Patty, born in 1868 was a nursery school teacher, and Mildred, born in 1859, started as a teacher but became a composer, Organist and Concert Pianist.

One day in 1893, while Mildred was teaching at the Louisville Kindergarten School where her sister served as Principal, she came up with the melody we now know as "Happy Birthday". Patty added some lyrics and the song "Good Morning To All" was born - this was used by teachers to welcome students to class each day. However, here the trail becomes unclear - nobody knows who wrote the "Happy Birthday" words. They first appeared in a songbook edited by Robert Coleman in 1924. It started to appear on the radio and in films and the original lyrics were gradually phased out in favour of the new ones.

Check out my other Video's sometime and Thank You for visiting. If it is your Birthday - May The Dear Lord Bless You.

** Send this to your Special Loved One on their Birthday, it's nice to share.

Lance †

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