Editing If You're Happy and You Know It (section)

==History==
The origin of the melody is not known, but numerous sources trace it back to Spain, Latin America, Latvia or the United States of America.

The song was published in various places through the decades following the late 1960s, including a volume of "constructive recreational activities" for children (1957),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kraus|first1=Richard G.|title=Play Activities for Boys and Girls, Six Through Twelve: A Guide for Teachers, Parents|date=1957|publisher=McGraw-Hill|page=168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vhAXAAAAIAAJ&q=%22happy+and+you+know+it%22|access-date=2015-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411110039/https://books.google.ca/books?id=vhAXAAAAIAAJ&q=%22happy+and+you+know+it%22&dq=%22happy+and+you+know+it%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UeceVYCZLMadygSGw4GYCg&redir_esc=y|archive-date=2015-04-11|url-status=live}}</ref> a book of drama projects for disabled children (1967),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schattner|first1=Regina|title=Creative Dramatics for Handicapped Children|date=1967|publisher=John Day Company|page=75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N-cPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22happy+and+you+know+it%22|access-date=2015-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141720/https://books.google.ca/books?ei=UeceVYCZLMadygSGw4GYCg&id=N-cPAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22happy+and+you+know+it%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22happy+and+you+know+it%22|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref> and a nursing home manual (1966).<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Jacobs|editor1-first=H. Lee|editor2-last=Morris|editor2-first=Woodrow Wilbert|title=Nursing and retirement home administration|date=1966|publisher=Iowa State University Press|page=153|isbn=9780813811758|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-l5rAAAAMAAJ&q=%22happy+and+you+know+it%22|access-date=2015-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411112510/https://books.google.ca/books?id=-l5rAAAAMAAJ&q=%22happy+and+you+know+it%22&dq=%22happy+and+you+know+it%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UeceVYCZLMadygSGw4GYCg&redir_esc=y|archive-date=2015-04-11|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1971, Jonico Music filed for copyright on the song, crediting it to [[Joe Raposo]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Music: current and renewal registrations, January-June 1971|journal=Catalog of Copyright Entries|date=1972|volume=3rd Series, Volume 25, Part 5, Sections 1-2|page=348|url=https://archive.org/details/catalogofco1971325512li|publisher=Copyright Office, The Library of Congress|location=Washington DC|access-date=2015-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313053836/https://archive.org/details/catalogofco1971325512li|archive-date=2016-03-13|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the early part of the 2000s, the music [[Recording Industry Association of America]] sued individuals for downloading music using file-sharing services. Widespread media attention was paid to one 12-year-old, whose downloads included "If You're Happy and You Know It" from [[Kazaa]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Music firms target 12-year-old|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3096340.stm|access-date=3 April 2015|work=BBC News|date=10 September 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407225529/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3096340.stm|archive-date=7 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Barrow|first1=Becky|title=Girl, 12, sued for download of tunes|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3317993/Girl-12-sued-for-download-of-tunes.html|access-date=3 April 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=10 September 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408150124/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3317993/Girl-12-sued-for-download-of-tunes.html|archive-date=8 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Palfrey|first1=John|last2=Gasser|first2=Urs|title=Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives|date=25 November 2013|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=978-0465013838|page=141|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LlFNT1ER4scC&q=lahara+happy+and+you+know+it&pg=PA141|access-date=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411112619/https://books.google.ca/books?id=LlFNT1ER4scC&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=lahara+happy+and+you+know+it&source=bl&ots=XGEuf-jXE9&sig=_IFIoLt4Rm4tpg166JZl7xYb3ik&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mfIeVeq_JpGsyAT-nYBw&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=lahara%20happy%20and%20you%20know%20it&f=false|archive-date=11 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Sparrow|first1=Andrew Peter|title=Music Distribution and the Internet: A Legal Guide for the Music Business|date=2006|publisher=Gower Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=056608709X|page=40|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JdGvh8FKwG8C&q=lahara+happy+and+you+know+it&pg=PA40|chapter=Protecting and exploiting IPR|access-date=2015-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411102937/https://books.google.ca/books?id=JdGvh8FKwG8C&pg=PA40&dq=lahara+happy+and+you+know+it&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ffQeVfCGIc-NyAT51oKQAg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=lahara%20happy%20and%20you%20know%20it&f=false|archive-date=2015-04-11|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, the song was included as part of the [[Nihon no Uta Hyakusen]], a list of the 100 most well-known folk songs in Japan. It is one of nine songs from foreign countries included on the list. It was selected by the [[Agency of Cultural Affairs]] and the National Congress of Parents and Teachers Associations of Japan.

In 2020, [[Granger Smith]] recorded a version that relied on alcohol drinking called "Country and Ya Know It".<ref>[https://www.countrynow.com/granger-smiths-country-ya-know-it-is-a-play-on-a-popular-childrens-song/ "Granger Smith's 'Country & Ya Know It' Is a Play on a Popular Children's Song"] by Lauren Jo Black, ''Country Now'', 2 September 2020</ref>