My brother Kendall and I sang this one morning as a "Happy Birthday" song for our sister Katie—and it was fun doing it! We sat down in the living room and recorded this using my Mac Book's built-in speaker in one take, using Audacity (no effects or edits, just some amplification).

The lyrics Kendall and I used were gleaned from the bazillion verses found on the Internet. I wrote the candle verse (zillion candles/bonfire) as I was unsatisfied with any I found on the 'net.

I'm pleased with how delightfully hideous it turned out to be!

--Aaron Gifford, 7 Sep. 2009

P.S. Since then, I've shared this many times as my birthday wish on Facebook to friends and relatives. If you got her via a Facebook link and it's your birthday, then have a very happy birthday despite this song. *grin*