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Thread #162108 Message #3856197
Posted By: Joe Offer
20-May-17 - 07:52 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Cut the Cake (Tina Liza Jones)
Subject: RE: Origins: Cut the Cake (Tina Liza Jones)
BIRTHDAY CAKE (Tina Liza Jones, 1984)
"We're gonna let second grade out early today," Which made little Mikey kinda blue Cause he just turned seven years old that day And he thought he'd get a party at school He walked to his house and he's taken off his guard There's chairs and tables all over the yard And his friends jumped up and they hollered real hard "Happy Birthday to you!"
CHORUS: It makes me think of the good old days Happy Birthday to you You sure grew out of your baby ways Happy Birthday to you 7th birthday [22nd] [92nd] We wish you many more Health and wealth And friends by the score So cut the cake and let's eat some more Happy Birthday to you
Mike's 22 now and he's working for his Pop And his head's full of business through and through They were putting in a whole new system at the shop And he forgot he had a birthday due Got back home and he's taken off his guard There were chairs and tables all over the yard And his friends jumped up and they hollered real hard "Happy Birthday to you!" (chorus)
Now it's old man Michael in a rocking chair Admiring the view He's still got all his teeth and he's still got all his hair And today he's ninety—two He turns in his seat and he's taken off guard There's chairs and tables all over the yard And his friends jumped up and they hollered real hard "Happy Birthday to you!" (chorus)
Notes: We first heard "The Birthday Cake" sung by multi—instrumentalist John McCutcheon. In fact, it's featured on John's children's album Howjadoo [Rounder 8009] (available from Rounder Records, 1 Camp St. Cambridge, MA 02140). Tina Liza Jones is the author of this new birthday song and as well as being an active singer, musician, and artist. Frankly, we think it would make a great replacement for "Happy Birthday," don't you?