The Birthday Dirge

I've been looking for this. Every year my friend Harry Rainbow would call me and sing this to me on 26 January:

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
Through misery and despair,
People dying everywhere,
But Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
Birthdays come but once a year,
Marking time as Death draws near,
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
May the cities in your wake
Burn like candles on your cake,
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
May your deeds with sword and axe
Equal those with sheep and yaks,
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
You must marry very soon,
Baby's due the next full moon,
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
Your servants steal, your wife's untrue,
Your children plot to murder you,
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
They stole your sword, your gold, your house,
Took your sheep but not your spouse,
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
When you've reached this age you know
That the mind is first to go,
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
While you eat your birthday stew
We will loot the town for you,
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
Indigestion's what you get
From the enemies you 'et,
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
So far Death you have bypassed
Don't look back, she's gaining fast
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
We brought linen, white as cloud,
Now we'll sit and sew your shroud,
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
Just be glad the friends you've got
Haven't found out you-know-what!
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
This one lesson you must learn,
First you plunder, then you burn!
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [ARRrr!!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
Hear the Women Wail and Weep
Kill them all, But Spare the Sheep
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
May the children in the Street
Be your barbecueing Meat
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]
May the Candles for your Cake
Leave a fire in their Wake
Happy Birthday. [Hunh!] Happy Birthday. [Hunh!]

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