Happy Birthday To You

Birthday of my better half. Unfortunately this year I couldn't celebrate it with her as I was away in Seoul.

Photo: A restaurant in Goodview Hotel, Dong Guan ,China to remind me of her (beautiful hotel next to a lake)


German-Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Greek-Eytyxismena Genethlia! or Chronia Pola!
Gujarati -Janma Divas Mubarak!
Hawaiian-Hau`oli la hanau!

Is Happy Birthday Really Copyrighted?Yes.
The melody for Happy Birthday was first penned by two sisters from Kentucky, Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill. The song was called Good Morning to All, but bore the recognizable melody. The tune was first published in 1893 in the book Song Stories for the Kindergarten. The melody has since passed into the public domain, and is safe to hum in public without permission.
While it is not entirely clear who first wrote down the words for Happy Birthday, it showed up in a few places before Jessica Hill (another Hill sister) was able to demonstrate undeniable similarities between Good Morning to All and Happy Birthday and to secure the copyright to the song