Editing Happy Birthday to You (section)

==Lyrics==

=== "Happy birthday to you" ===

The person whose birthday is being celebrated is filled in for "[NAME]".<ref name="US District Court CA" />

{{poemquote|
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday, dear [NAME]<!--This is the text given in the court case ruling on the copyright. Do not alter to give a person's name.-->
Happy birthday to you.
}}

Since the syllable lengths and [[scansion]] of people's names may vary, the measure that includes the [NAME] invocation is traditionally notated with a [[fermata]] to adapt the meter.

===Lyrics with melody===
<score sound="1">\relative c' { \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"clarinet" \key g \major \time 3/4 \partial 4 d8. d16 | e4 d g | fis2 d8. d16 | e4 d a' | g2 d8. d16 | d'4 b g | fis( e\fermata) c'8. c16 | b4 g a | g2 \bar "|." } \addlyrics { Hap -- py birth -- day to you, Hap -- py birth -- day to you, Hap -- py birth -- day dear [NAME], __ Hap -- py birth -- day to you. }</score>

===Traditional variations===

Among English-speakers, it is traditional at a [[Party#Birthday party|birthday party]] for the guests celebrating the birthday to sing the song "Happy Birthday to You" to the birthday person, often when presenting a [[birthday cake]]. After the song is sung, party guests sometimes add wishes like "and many more!" expressing the hope that the birthday person will enjoy a long life. In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and most of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], immediately after "Happy Birthday" has been sung, it is traditional for one of the guests to lead with "[[Hip hip hooray|Hip hip ...]]" and then for all of the other guests to join in and say "... hooray!".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/aussie-birthday-ritual-shocks-americans-living-down-under/news-story/731e220dc996e06114622625120ec75e|title=Aussie birthday ritual shocks Americans living Down Under|publisher=News Corp Australia|last=Khalil|first=Shireen|date=June 3, 2021|access-date=February 23, 2023|archive-date=August 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823214201/https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/aussie-birthday-ritual-shocks-americans-living-down-under/news-story/731e220dc996e06114622625120ec75e|url-status=live}}</ref> This cheer is normally given three times.

In regions of America and Canada, especially at young children's birthdays, immediately after "Happy Birthday" has been sung, it is not uncommon for the singers to segue into "How old are you now? How old are you now? How old are you now, how old are you now?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=There are lyrics to 'Happy Birthday' that you literally never knew about |url=https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/extra-happy-birthday-lyrics/ |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=Classic FM |language=en |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330225954/https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/extra-happy-birthday-lyrics/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and then count up: "Are you one? Are you two? Are you ..." until they reach the right age or often, instead of counting, "and many more!" for those who are older.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lunden |first=Joan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJTPDwAAQBAJ&dq=%2522Are+you+one%2522%253F+%2522Are+you+two%2522+%2522happy+birthday%2522&pg=PT12 |title=Why Did I Come into This Room?: A Candid Conversation about Aging |date=March 10, 2020 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-948677-29-5 |page=25 |language=en |access-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129060827/https://books.google.com/books?id=FJTPDwAAQBAJ&dq=%2522Are+you+one%2522%253F+%2522Are+you+two%2522+%2522happy+birthday%2522&pg=PT12#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kimelman |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GWSCDwAAQBAJ&dq=%2522Are+you+one%2522%253F+%2522Are+you+two%2522+%2522happy+birthday%2522&pg=PT220 |title=Confessions of a Wall Street Insider: A Cautionary Tale of Rats, Feds, and Banksters |date=March 28, 2017 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-5107-1338-3 |language=en |quote=After an off-key "Happy Birthday" (and the annoying modern-Greenwich additional verses "Are you one? Are you two?") |access-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129060825/https://books.google.com/books?id=GWSCDwAAQBAJ&dq=%2522Are+you+one%2522%253F+%2522Are+you+two%2522+%2522happy+birthday%2522&pg=PT220#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>