Birthday Dirge---Happy Birthday, Jim!

[msbeadsley]

> Today's birthday honouree is Jim. Birthday owls can be
> sent care of this list or directly to:
> jferer at y...
> Happy Birthday, Jim!

Hi, Jim! <waves streamer which matches party hat> Ditto! If you've 
never had the Birthday Dirge (SF fannish/SCA*) sung to you...well, 
you're not gonna now, either, but I'm gonna fake it as best I can 
here.

This is to the "tune" of The Volga Boatmen (Yo-oh heave ho...)
midi URL included
http://www.silverdragon.com/punkie/sounds/volgaboatmen.mid

(Thuds (stomp the floor, pound something) should be accompanied by 
full-throated trollish HUNH! grunts.)

It's your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)
Doom and gloom and dark despair
People dying everywhere!
On your Birthday! (thud!)
Happy Birthday! (thud!)

It's your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)
May the candles on your cake
Burn like cities in your wake.
On your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)

It's your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)
Burn the castle and storm the keep
Kill the women, but save the sheep
For your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)

It's your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)
Now that you're the age you are
Your demise cannot be far
On your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)

It's your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)
We love children, yes we do
Baked or broiled or in a stew
On your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)

It's your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)
May your deeds with sword and axe
Equal those with sheep and yaks
On your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)

It's your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)
When you've reached this age you know
That the mind is first to go
On your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)

It's your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)
While you eat your birthday stew
We will loot the town for you,
On your Birthday! (thud!) 
Happy Birthday! (thud!)

That isn't even all of it but I am being merciful. <g> I hope you had 
a most excellent birthday!

Sandy
*Society for Creative Anachronism, members often seen at Ren Faires