[Dixielandjazz] Happy Birthday

Jerry Brown jazzjerry at btinternet.com
Wed Apr 18 08:59:16 PDT 2007


Being resident in 'The Land of The Free' where
everybody sings:

"Happy Birthday to You,
Happy Birthday To You,
Happy Birthday, Dear ------,
Happy Birthday To You"

to the well known tune

in every restaurant, school, office, pub, club, 
street and other gathering at which persons gather to
celebrate someone getting another notch in the tree of
life I am intrigued as to why 'freedom loving'
Americans do not just sing on and stick a finger
(usually done with two over here!) up at Time Warner.

Back in the 1950s. 1960s and 1970s America produced
plenty of great protest songs and singers which
changed the face of the USA as well as stopping the
rather pointless Vietnam war. Where has the spirit
gone? Are you now prepared to lie down and whimper in
the face of the faceless capitalist corportaion or
should you stand up and fight for the right to sing
'Happy Birthday'.

I will be visiting New York in September and maybe
should organise a mass 'Happy Birthday' sing-along in
Times Square. 

Cheers,

Jerry,
Norwich,
U.K.



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